Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thraupidae
Genus
Eucometis
 
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SPECIES

Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata

Carly S. Baker and Kevin J. Burns
Version: 1.0 — Published September 10, 2010

References

Introduction

BirdLife International. 2010. Species factsheet: Eucometis pencillata. Downloaded from BirdLife International on 28 April 2010.

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Isler, M. L., and P. R. Isler. 1999. The tanagers: natural history, distribution, and identification. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

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Roberts, D. J., R. J. Cooper, and L. J. Petit. Flock characteristics of ant-following birds in premontane moist forest and coffee agroecosystems. Ecological Applications 10: 1414-1425.

Roberts, D.L. 2016. Two species of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) forage on army ant workers (Eciton burchellii) carrying immature paper wasps. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128: 653-656.

Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture, and Conservation, The Field Museum.

Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, D. F. Lane, J.P. O’Neill, and T.A. Parker III. 2007. Birds of Peru. Princeton University Press, New Jersey, New Jersey.

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Skutch, A. 1954. Life histories of Central American birds. Pacific Coast Avifauna number 31.

Skutch, A. F. 1989. Life of the tanager. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

Slud, P. 1964. The birds of Costa Rica: distribution and ecology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 128.

Storer, R. W. 1970. Subfamily Thraupinae, Tanagers. Pages 246-408 in R. A. Paynter, Jr., and R. W. Storer (editors), Check-list of birds of the world. Volume XIII. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Stotz, D. F., J. W. Fitzpatrick, T. A. Parker, III, and D. K. Moskovits. 1996. Neotropical birds: ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Swartz, M. B. 2001. Bivouac checking, a novel behavior distinguishing obligate from opportunistic species of army-ant-following birds. Condor 103: 629-633.

Wetmore, A., R. F. Pasquier, and S. L. Olson. 1984. The birds of the Republic of Panamá. Part 4. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections volume 150, part 4.

Willis, E. O. 1985. Behavior and systematic status of gray-headed tanagers (Trichothraupis penicillata, Emberizidae). Naturalia (São Paulo) 10: 113-145.

Recommended Citation

Baker, C. S. and K. J. Burns (2010). Gray-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.grhtan1.01