Ruby-crowned Tanager - Tachyphonus coronatus

Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus

Brazilian name: tiê-preto

Male Ruby-crowned Tanager, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, August 2002 - click for larger image

São Paulo state, Brazil

The Ruby-crowned Tanager is found in south Brazil and adjacent parts of Paraguay and Argentina.

It inhabits forest and secondary woodland and is usually found foraging in mid-storey.

The male is entirely blue-black as seen in photos 1, 2 and 6. It has a narrow scarlet crown patch which is only visible when the bird is excited. Its under-wings are white but this is only visible in flight.

The female is rufous-brown above and lighter brown below with flammulation on the breast which is well illustrated in photo 4.

Female Ruby-crowned Tanager, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, July 2002 - click for larger image

There are illustrations in Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 1, Plate 19; and Sick, Plate 42.

There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto .

Female Ruby-crowned Tanager, Parque do Zizo, São Paulo, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image

Male Ruby-crowned Tanager, Parque do Zizo, São Paulo, Brazil, November 2006 - click for larger image

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