Fawn-breasted Tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota) | Photos, Calls and ID

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What the Fawn-breasted Tanager sounds like

Sonogram of the Fawn-breasted Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by JUAN ANTONIO ALONSO DE JUAN · Song · Vereda La Máquina, Pacho, Cundinamarca, Colombia · CC BY 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Andres Felipe Espinosa · Ataco, Tolima, Colombia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Azuay: upper Yunguilla Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The fawn-breasted tanager has an average body length of 14 cm (5.5 in) and can weigh 18–25 g (0.63–0.88 oz). This species of tanager has an unusually short, wide beak, similar to the beaks of swallows, as well as short legs and tail, and long wings. The most noticeable coloration of this species is its sky-blue crown and broad black mask that extends over the eyes into ear-coverts. The coloration of the male crown and nape is a medium blue, and the forehead, lores, ocular area, and ear-coverts are deep black.

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When to see the Fawn-breasted Tanager

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

Where to see the Fawn-breasted Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Colombia Ecuador Argentina Peru Venezuela Bolivia Uruguay Paraguay

About the Fawn-breasted Tanager

The fawn-breasted tanager is a species of tanager with a blue head and yellow breast. It occurs in the Andes of northwestern Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, as well as in the highlands of northeastern Argentina, south Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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Easily confused with

Patagonian Sierra FinchPhrygilus patagonicusThe Patagonian sierra finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Saffron-crowned TanagerTangara xanthocephalaThe saffron-crowned tanager is an average-sized species of tanager, with a length of 12.5–13.5 cm (4.9–5.3 in) and a mass of 15–23.6 g (0.53–0.83 oz).

Blue-and-black TanagerTangara vassoriiThe blue-and-black tanager is an average-sized species for its genus, with a mean length of 13 cm (5.1 in) and mass of 18 g (0.63 oz).

Side by side: Blue-and-black Tanager vs Fawn-breasted Tanager · Fawn-breasted Tanager vs Saffron-crowned Tanager

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