Cone-billed Tanager
A species of Black-and-white and Cone-billed Tanagers Scientific name : Conothraupis mesoleuca Genus : Black-and-white and Cone-billed Tanagers
Cone-billed Tanager, A species of Black-and-white and Cone-billed Tanagers
Botanical name: Conothraupis mesoleuca
Genus: Black-and-white and Cone-billed Tanagers
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Photo By Don Roberson 
Description
The cone-billed tanager (Conothraupis mesoleuca) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Brazil. It was described on the basis of a single male specimen collected in Mato Grosso, Brazil, in 1938. No other individuals were collected or seen and some feared the bird had become extinct, while others speculated that it possibly only was an aberrant black-and-white tanager (unlikely, as the black-and-white tanager only occurs far from the region where the cone-billed was collected). In 2003, it was rediscovered by D. Buzzetti in gallery woodland and Cerrado in the Emas National Park, only to be independently rediscovered at the same locality in 2004 by B. A. Carlos. The male resembles the male black-and-white tanager, but differs by its black flanks and its strikingly whitish-grey bill (this has faded in the type specimen, currently kept in MNHN, where it appears dark dusky-horn). Also, the crissum (the area around the cloaca) of the male is black and frequently has white spots. The plumage of the female is closer to that of the female ultramarine grosbeak than that of the female black-and-white tanager, but a longer, more detailed description is currently being prepared for publication. 
Size
14 cm
Nest Placement
Shrub
Feeding Habits
Cone-billed Tanager primarily consumes insects and seeds. It forages alone or in pairs, often snagging aerial insects in swift flights from perches and consuming seeds from bamboo and grasses, usually foraging below 5 meters in shrubs.
Habitat
Cone-billed Tanager typically resides in lowland wetland regions, favoring habitats such as seasonally flooded forests and inundated grasslands with interspersed shrubs and Mauritia palm species. Additionally, cone-billed Tanager is known to inhabit semi-deciduous to evergreen gallery forests with proximity to water bodies, which are characterized by dense, bushy vegetation often found in transitional zones between rainforest and savanna-like ecosystems.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Fruit
Photo By Don Roberson 
Scientific Classification
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