About the White-winged Shrike-Tanager
The white-winged shrike-tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Two subspecies are recognised: L. v. versicolor from eastern Peru, western Brazil, and northern Bolivia, and L. v. parvus from eastern and central Brazil and northeastern Bolivia.
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The white-winged shrike-tanager is about 16 cm (6.3 in) long. The male has a black head with a patch of yellowish olive at the front of the crown. The back and rump are yellowish ochre, and the underparts are yellow apart from an olive bib at the throat. The wings and tail are blackish, and there is a large patch of white on the outer wing-coverts. The female is much more uniform in colour, being brownish ochre above, the wings and tail being darker than the other upper parts, and yellowish ochre below, with an especially yellow belly.
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in August · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Fulvous Shrike-TanagerLanio fulvusThe fulvous shrike-tanager is a South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.
White-throated Shrike-TanagerLanio leucothoraxThe white-throated shrike-tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Black-throated Shrike-TanagerLanio aurantiusThe black-throated shrike-tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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