Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Dutch | Vuurkuiftangare |
| English | Flame-crested Tanager |
| English (United States) | Flame-crested Tanager |
| French | Tangara à huppe ignée |
| French (French Guiana) | Tangara à huppe ignée |
| German | Feuerhaubentangare |
| Japanese | カンムリクロフウキンチョウ |
| Norwegian | ildtopptanagar |
| Polish | lanio ognistoczuby |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | tiê-galo/pipira-de-natterer |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Tiê-galo |
| Russian | Огненохохлая танагра |
| Serbian | Vatroćuba tangara |
| Slovak | sangara ohnivohlavá |
| Spanish | Tangara Crestifuego |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Tangara Crestiflama |
| Spanish (Peru) | Tangara Cresta de Fuego |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tangara crestifuego |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Frutero Cresta Rojiza |
| Swedish | eldtofsad tangara |
| Turkish | Alev Taçlı Tangara |
| Ukrainian | Танагра-жалібниця вогнисточуба |
SPECIES
Flame-crested Tanager Tachyphonus cristatus
Jessica Looney, Kevin J. Burns, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published December 3, 2010
Version: 1.0 — Published December 3, 2010
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Diet and Foraging
Diet
The Flame-crested Tanager forages up in the canopy. The diet probably is mostly terrestrial invertebrates, but it also consumes fruits and seeds (Haverschmidt 1968). May descend lower when foraging for fruit, berries, and seeds (Restall et al. 2007). In Brazil, considered to be primarily insectivorous (Sick 1985). Stomach contents include vegetable matter (fruit, berries, and seeds) and animal matter (insects, including Orthoptera: Locustidae (Haverschmidt 1968, Isler and Isler 1999).