About the Tacarcuna Chlorospingus
The Tacarcuna chlorospingus or Tacarcuna bush tanager is a species of bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. It is found in Colombia and Panama.
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The Tacarcuna chlorospingus is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs about 18 g (0.63 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a mostly dark olive head with a pale yellow throat. Their upperparts are dark olive. Their flight feathers are dusky with greenish yellow edges on the primaries, olive edges on the secondaries, and dark olive green edges on the tertials. Their tail is dusky with an olive tinge and olive green feather edges. Voice: As of April 2026 xeno-canto had three recordings of Tacarcuna chlorospingus calls; the Cornell Lab's Macaulay Library had 15 others. Neither archive had recordings of its song. The species' call is described as "a single high-pitched tseeeu!".
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Where it lives
Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.
When to see it
Peak activity in January · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Yellow-whiskered ChlorospingusChlorospingus parvirostrisThe yellow-whiskered chlorospingus is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long and weighs 17.5 to 28.5 g (0.62 to 1.0 oz).
Ashy-throated ChlorospingusChlorospingus canigularisThe ashy-throated chlorospingus is 13 to 14 cm (5.1 to 5.5 in) long and weighs 14.5 to 21 g (0.51 to 0.74 oz).
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