Hooded Mountain Tanager
A species of Tanager Scientific name : Buthraupis montana Genus : Tanager
Hooded Mountain Tanager, A species of Tanager
Botanical name: Buthraupis montana
Genus: Tanager
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Description
The hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Buthraupis. This yellow, blue and black tanager is found in forest, woodland and shrub in the Andean highlands of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. At 23 centimetres (9.1 in) and 85 grams (3.0 oz), it is one of the largest tanagers (second in weight only to the white-capped tanager). 
Size
21 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Hooded Mountain Tanager primarily consumes vegetable matter, favoring fruit pulp, berries, seeds, and leaves, with occasional beetles. Socially foraging in groups, they roam forests and canyons, hopping through upper tree strata and inspecting lichens on branches for food.
Habitat
The hooded Mountain Tanager is typically found in humid and wet montane forests, including forest borders and areas with tall second-growth woodlands. Its habitat also encompasses scattered trees in clearings close to forests, stunted or elfin forests, and scrub woodlands near the tree-line across broader geographical regions within its range.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Fruit
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Tanagers Genus
Tanager Species
Hooded Mountain Tanager 
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