Behavior

Tacarcuna Chlorospingus moves rapidly when searching for food, hopping along mossy branches and epiphytes, primarily between the midstory and the subcanopy (J. E. Avendaño, personal observations).

There are no data on territorial defense, maintenance, or fidelity, or for territory or home range size, for Tacarcuna Chlorospingus.

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Tacarcuna Chlorospingus has been seen foraging in pairs or small groups up to six individuals from understory up to canopy (Pearman 1993, Hilty 2011). It seems to form the dominant (nuclear) species in some flocks (Wetmore et al. 1984, Angher and Christian 2000, Hilty 2011). In the Colombian slope of Cerro Tacarcuna, a group of six individuals was found associated with one Green-naped Tanager (Tangara fucosa) in low elfin forest (Pearman 1993). In the same slope, groups of 4-5 individuals were seen as part of mixed-species flocks in a cloud forest. These groups were frequently accompanied by Yellow-throated Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavigularis), which was comparatively more abundant. Both chlorospingus were apparently core species and were followed mainly by Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius), Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops), Green Manakin (Cryptopipo holochlora), Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus), Rufous-browed Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes superciliaris), Ochraceous Wren (Troglodytes ochraceus), Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus), Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala), Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), and Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae) (Renjifo et al. unpublished data).

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