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Bay-headed Tanager vs Silver-throated Tanager

Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)

Bay-headed Tanager

Tangara gyrola

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Adult bay-headed tanagers are 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weigh 19.5 g (0.69 oz). The nominate subspecies T. g. gyrola is mainly green apart from a chestnut head, a blue or green belly, and a thin gold collar on the hind neck. Sexes are similar, but immatures are duller with chestnut-flecked green heads. There is considerable plumage variation between the various subspecies, and T. g. viridissima of northeast Venezuela and Trinidad has green underparts concolorous with the rest of the body plumage. The bay-headed tanager's song is a slow seee, seee, seee, tsou, tsooy.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Stephen Lewis · CC0
Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)

Silver-throated Tanager

Tangara icterocephala

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The silver-throated tanager is an average-sized Tangara tanager, being 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and weighing 22 grams (0.78 oz) on average. The species shows slight sexual dimorphism, with females being duller than males. The male is mainly bright yellow, with a silvery-white throat bordered above with a black stripe on the cheeks. The back is yellow with black streaking, and the wings and tail are yellow with green edges. The iris is brown, the beak is black, and the feet are gray. Voice: The silver-throated tanager's calls are insect-like buzzes. When foraging or flying, the species has been recorded giving a harsh, buzzy jjeut, or a high-pitched bzeeet. It also gives a high-pitched tic. Its songs have not been described.

ID text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0

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