Hooded Tanager (Nemosia pileata) | Photos and ID

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A 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). The male has white underparts and largely blue upperparts, with a black "cap" on the head that extends down the side of the neck. This cap is interrupted by the white lores. While being broadly similar in their coloration, females do not have any black on the head and have a buff wash to their underparts. The eyes are pale yellow. Juveniles have completely unicolor light blue plumage.

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When to see the Hooded 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 Hooded Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Colombia Peru Paraguay Argentina Venezuela Bolivia Guyana Suriname French Guiana Uruguay

About the Hooded Tanager

The hooded tanager is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

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Easily confused with

Cherry-throated TanagerNemosia roureiThe cherry-throated tanager is a visually distinctive bird with an overall gray, black, and white plumage and a conspicuous bright red patch on the chest and throat.

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