| Stripe-headed Tanager (Spindalis zena) |
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Cuba February 2005 The Stripe-headed Tanager is distributed in the Bahamas, Cuba, Grand Cayman Island and Cozumel. The sub-species shown here is S. z. pretrei. It is found in forest and woodland. |
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The male has very distinctive orange, olive-brown, black and white markings above while below it has an orange throat and breast, otherwise pale grey. The female (photos 3 and 4) is olive-grey above with a pale supercilium and moustachial stripe with pale grey-brown below. It feeds on seeds, small fruits and insects. |
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