Golden-hooded Tanager
A species of Tangara Tanagers Scientific name : Stilpnia larvata Genus : Tangara Tanagers
Golden-hooded Tanager, A species of Tangara Tanagers
Botanical name: Stilpnia larvata
Genus: Tangara Tanagers
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Description
The golden-hooded tanager (Stilpnia larvata) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador. Adult golden-hooded tanagers are 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weigh 19 g (0.67 oz). The adult male has a golden head with a black eyemask edged with violet blue above and below. The upperparts of the body are black apart from the turquoise shoulders, rump and edgings of the wings and tail. The flanks are blue and the central belly is white. Females have a greenish tinge to the head, sometimes with black speckling on the crown, and more extensively white underparts. Immatures are duller, with a green head, dark grey upperparts, off-white underparts, and little blue in the plumage. The golden-hooded tanager's call is a sharp tsit and the song is a tuneless rattled series of tick sounds. It resides from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) altitude in the canopy of dense forests and semi-open areas like clearings, second growth and well-vegetated gardens. Golden-hooded tanagers occur in pairs, family groups or as part of a mixed-species feeding flock. They eat certain small fruit (e.g. of Trophis racemosa (Moraceae)) usually swallowed whole, and insects are also taken. The cup nest is built in a tree fork or in a bunch of green bananas, and the normal clutch is two brown-blotched white eggs. This species is often double-brooded, and the young birds from the first clutch assist with feeding the second brood of chicks.
Size
12 cm
Feeding Habits
Golden-hooded Tanager primarily consumes small fruits and insects. It forages among foliage, adeptly picking food items. This bird has no specialized dietary adaptations but displays a preference for varied, omnivorous feeding.
Habitat
Golden-hooded Tanager thrives in a variety of lush habitats, predominantly making their home in tropical lowland evergreen forests, especially near the edges where sunlight permeates. They are adapted to humid environments with rich vegetation and can commonly be found in dense forests, clearings with dispersed trees, as well as semi-open spaces with tall, secondary growth. Additionally, golden-hooded Tanager often inhabits well-vegetated, shady gardens, indicating their versatility and ability to coexist in semi-urban areas where their natural habitats are well-represented.
Dite type
Frugivorous
General Info
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Photo By Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren , used under CC-BY-2.0 /Cropped and compressed from original
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Tanagers Genus
Tangara Tanagers Species
Golden-hooded Tanager