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Rufous-headed Tanager

Hemithraupis ruficapilla

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestTiny · 11 g
Rufous-headed Tanager (Hemithraupis ruficapilla), photo 1
Photo: Marcelo Schmidt Roberti · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-headed Tanager (Hemithraupis ruficapilla), photo 2
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-headed Tanager (Hemithraupis ruficapilla), photo 3
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-headed Tanager (Hemithraupis ruficapilla), photo 4
Photo: Arthur Bruck · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-headed Tanager (Hemithraupis ruficapilla), photo 5
Photo: filipeprates · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-headed Tanager (Hemithraupis ruficapilla), photo 6
Photo: Júlio Castellain · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-headed Tanager (Hemithraupis ruficapilla), photo 7
Photo: Júlio Castellain · CC BY 4.0
Rufous-headed Tanager (Hemithraupis ruficapilla), photo 8
Photo: Gustavo Magnago · CC BY 3.0
Rufous-headed Tanager (Hemithraupis ruficapilla), photo 9
Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0
Rufous-headed Tanager (Hemithraupis ruficapilla), photo 10
Photo: Davidson Moreira · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Rufous-headed 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 Rufous-headed Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Uruguay

About the Rufous-headed Tanager

The rufous-headed tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Brazil.

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

Easily confused with

Yellow-backed Tanager (Hemithraupis flavicollis) Yellow-backed TanagerHemithraupis flavicollisThe yellow-backed tanager is a relatively small tanager. Guira Tanager (Hemithraupis guira) Guira TanagerHemithraupis guiraThe 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.

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