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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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When to see the Tacarcuna Chlorospingus
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Tacarcuna Chlorospingus
The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.
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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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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