Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thraupidae
Genus
Tangara
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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 - Opal-crowned Tanager
 - Opal-crowned Tanager
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Opal-crowned Tanager Tangara callophrys

Amanda Ashwill, Kevin J. Burns, and Casey H. Richart
Version: 1.0 — Published February 6, 2015

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Introduction

Opal-crowned Tanager is restricted to western Amazonia, where it ranges from the lowlands to at least 1000 m in the foothills of the Andes. Its biology is relatively poorly known, principally on account of this being a canopy dwelling species,. This tanager usually travels in small flocks, and regularly joins roaming mixed species flocks, and attends 'feeding frenzies' at fruiting trees. There is wide geographical overlap with the similar, but much more widespread, Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia), but Opal-crowed Tanager has a broad straw-colored supercilium, and lacks any rufous coloration on the underparts.

Distribution of the Opal-crowned Tanager - Range Map
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  • Migration
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Distribution of the Opal-crowned Tanager

Recommended Citation

Ashwill, A., K. J. Burns, and C. H. Richart (2015). Opal-crowned Tanager (Tangara callophrys), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.opctan1.01
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