Fulvous-headed Tanager

Thlypopsis fulviceps

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesUrbanTiny · 12 g

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The fulvous-headed tanager is a small tanager; on average, it is 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 11–13 g (0.4–0.5 oz). It has a gray body and a rufous-chestnut head. Both sexes have similar colorations. The subspecies intensa has a darker-colored head than other species.

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When to see the Fulvous-headed 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 Fulvous-headed Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Fulvous-headed Tanager

The fulvous-headed tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the Venezuelan Coastal Range and far northern Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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