Guira Tanager

Hemithraupis guira

Least ConcernUncommonInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 12 g

About the Guira Tanager

The guira tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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The guira tanager is a small species measuring 13–14 cm (5.1–5.5 in) in length and weighing around 12 g (0.42 oz) on average. The species is sexually dimorphic. Adult males are more brightly colored, with olive-green upperparts separated from the black face and throat by a bright yellow margin. The greenish to grayish stomach is separated from the throat by the rufous-orange breast. The wing feathers are generally blackish with greenish edges. Females have entirely olive-green upperparts, greenish-yellow underparts, and a whitish stomach.

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What the Guira Tanager sounds like

Recording: Andres Felipe Espinosa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Recording: Andres Felipe Espinosa · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

Regular range

When to see it

Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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