Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps), photo 1 — Photo: Abby Darrah · CC BY 4.0

Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps), photo 2 — Photo: Tristan Jobin · CC BY 4.0

Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps), photo 3 — Photo: Cullen Hanks · CC BY 4.0

Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps), photo 4 — Photo: Dan Riley · CC BY 4.0

Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps), photo 5 — Photo: desertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0

Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Cullen Hanks, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps), photo 8 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Dan Riley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Red-hooded Tanager (Piranga rubriceps), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Abby Darrah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Red-hooded Tanager sounds like

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

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, near Q. Cristopher Parson, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: above Río Blanco, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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

ID tip

The red-hooded tanager is approximately 17 cm (6.7 in) long and weighs 28 to 42 g (0.99 to 1.48 oz). The male is mostly yellowish overall, with a red hood that extends from the head to the breast. The female is similar, but duller overall, and the red of the head does not extend onto the breast. Voice: The red-hooded tanager's song is "a combination of thin trills, e.g., 'tititititi', interspersed with sweeter, more musical phrases such as 'tswe, weéteetseet-see'" . Another song is rendered "tsee-ee-ee-ee" . Its calls include "spink!" and "tink!" notes .

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When to see the Red-hooded Tanager

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

Where to see the Red-hooded Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru

About the Red-hooded Tanager

The red-hooded tanager, is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals or cardinal grosbeaks. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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Easily confused with

Red-headed TanagerPiranga erythrocephalaThe red-headed tanager is approximately 15 cm (5.9 in) long and weighs 19.9 to 24.5 g (0.70 to 0.86 oz).

Rose-throated TanagerPiranga roseogularisThe rose-throated tanager is 16 cm (6.3 in) long and weighs 21 to 30 g (0.74 to 1.06 oz).

White-winged TanagerPiranga leucopteraThe white-winged tanager is approximately 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs 13 to 20 g (0.46 to 0.71 oz).

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