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Description
Length 13.5
- 15 cm (5 - 6 in) One of most brilliantly-colored tanagers. Hood
light green; Upper body black; lower back and rump red to orange;
belly black; rest of underparts turquoise blue except shading
to violet at throat. Black ring around eye. Color reinforced by
unusual head feather structure. Sexes similar.
Range
South America;
Guianas and Venezuela to upper Amazon.
Habitat
Found in seasonally-flooded
(varzea) and non-flooding (terra firme) forest,
on forest edges and near clearings. Live in mid-level or canopy.
Call is squeaky.
Niche
Found in groups
of four to ten; hop along bare branches or visit fruiting trees
and shrubs. Eats mainly fruits, buds, leaves, perhaps some insects.
Life History
Nests found
5 - 20 m up in trees; contain two to four greenish white eggs
with brown and black spots.
Status
Common in
habitat.
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