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Dusky-faced Tanager

Mitrospingus cassinii

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreForestCup nestSmall · 40 g
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii), photo 1
Photo: yongestation · CC BY 4.0
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii), photo 2
Photo: yongestation · CC BY 4.0
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii), photo 3
Photo: Guy Babineau · CC BY 4.0
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii), photo 4
Photo: Nico · CC0
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii), photo 5
Photo: Nico · CC0
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii), photo 6
Photo: Jim Dreier · CC BY 4.0
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii), photo 7
Photo: M. Squire · CC BY 4.0
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii), photo 8
Photo: M. Squire · CC BY 4.0
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii), photo 9
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States · CC BY 2.0
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii), photo 10
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States · CC BY 2.0

What the Dusky-faced Tanager sounds like

Sonogram of the Dusky-faced Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Esmeraldas: Canandé ridge trail, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Dusky-faced Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Pichincha: Río Guaycuyacu, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Dusky-faced Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Chatter · Esmeraldas: 7 km WNW Lita, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The two subspecies are "very poorly differentiated." The adults are 18 to 18.5 cm (7.1 to 7.3 in) long and weigh 32 to 39 g (1.1 to 1.4 oz). Their crown and nape are mustard yellow. The face has a large black "mask". Their upper parts are lead gray. The throat is light gray transitioning to olive yellow on the breast and flanks and further to a gray-olive-yellow blend on the belly. The juvenile is similar but has less yellow on the crown and a buffy tinge to the underparts. Voice: The dusky-faced tanager's dawn song is "seety, seety, seety, seety, seety" . They chatter all day long with "sputtering notes such as chet or chet-ut" .

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When to see the Dusky-faced Tanager

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Dusky-faced Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Panama Ecuador Costa Rica Nicaragua

About the Dusky-faced Tanager

The dusky-faced tanager is a species of bird in the family Mitrospingidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Olive-backed Tanager (Mitrospingus oleagineus) Olive-backed TanagerMitrospingus oleagineusThe olive-backed tanager is 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighs 35.5 to 46 g (1.25 to 1.62 oz).

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