Hooded Mountain Tanager

What the Hooded Mountain Tanager sounds like

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Dawn song · 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 · Sucumbíos: La Sofia road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Loudsong · Pichincha: sw-slope of Volcán Corazon, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Hooded Mountain 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 Hooded Mountain Tanager

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

About the Hooded Mountain Tanager

The hooded mountain tanager is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Buthraupis. It is found in the forests and woodlands of the Andean highlands of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, at altitudes between 1,800 and 3,000 m. At 23 centimetres (9.1 in) and 96 grams (3.4 oz), it is one of the largest tanagers. It has a black head and thighs, a blue back and bright yellow belly, with red eyes.

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Easily confused with

Hooded TanagerNemosia pileataA rather small tanager, the hooded tanager is, on average, 12–13.5 cm (4.7–5.3 in) long and weighs 16 g (0.56 oz). Slate-colored GrosbeakSaltator grossusThe slate-coloured grosbeak is a species of grosbeak in the family Thraupidae. Golden-chevroned TanagerThraupis ornataThe golden-chevroned tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.