Grey-hooded Bush Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Grey-hooded Bush Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grey-hooded Bush Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Ryan F. Mandelbaum, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grey-hooded Bush Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Guy Babineau, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grey-hooded Bush Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Dan Riley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grey-hooded Bush Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Rob Foster, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grey-hooded Bush Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grey-hooded Bush Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris), photo 8 — Photo: (c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grey-hooded Bush Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Julien Renoult, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Grey-hooded Bush Tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Dan Vickers, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Grey-hooded Bush Tanager sounds like

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

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: camp on Ventanilla-Christopher Parson trail, Reserva Tapichalaca, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Dawn song · Napo: 4.5 km below Oyacachi, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Loja: Cerro Acanamá, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Grey-hooded Bush Tanager

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

Where to see the Grey-hooded Bush Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela

About the Grey-hooded Bush Tanager

The grey-hooded bush tanager is a species of South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Cnemoscopus. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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

Easily confused with

Lesser Antillean SaltatorSaltator albicollisLesser Antillean saltators grow to a length of 21–22 cm (8.3–8.7 in) and a weight of 37–51.6 g (1.31–1.82 oz).

Black-capped HemispingusKleinothraupis atropileusThe black-capped hemispingus is, on average, 15–16 cm (5.9–6.3 in) long and weighs 18–26 g (0.6–0.9 oz).

Masked TanagerStilpnia nigrocinctaThe masked tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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