Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thraupidae
Genus
Nemosia
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata

Kyle Lindenblatt and Kevin J. Burns
Version: 1.0 — Published February 11, 2011

Behavior

Introduction

They mainly perch and hop on large branches (Ridgely and Tudor 1946). They sometimes displays agonistic behavior, such as a typically swayback posture, which is a threat posture (for example can be used in a dispute over food (Renaudier and Ingels 2008).

Territoriality

No information.

Sexual Behavior

No information.

Social and interspecific behavior

Rarely solitary. Forages in pairs, or probably family groups of up to six individuals (Hilty 2003). Occasionally associate with other species (Isler and Isler 1999, Hilty 2003, Ridgely and Tudor 2009).

Predation

No information.

Recommended Citation

Lindenblatt, K. and K. J. Burns (2011). Hooded Tanager (Nemosia pileata), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.hootan1.01
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