Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii)

Identification & Behavior: ~13.5 cm (5.2 in). The Green-and-Gold Tanager has a conspicuous black forehead and a mask through the eye. The upperparts are green with black streaks. The underparts are green with a broad and bright yellow center throughout. It forages in the canopy of forest and mature second growth in pairs or in the company of mixed species flocks. The black forehead and mask are distinctive but see Yellow-bellied Tanager.

Status: The Green-and-Gold Tanager is common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1600 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Tangara Verde y Dorada.

Sub-species: Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii schrankii), (Spix), 1825.

Meaning of Name: Tangara: Tupí name, Tangara= dancer, one who turns and skips, originally used for the manakins, but subsequently (Marcgrave 1648) transferred to other bright finch-like birds. schrankii: In honor of Prof. Franz von Paula Schrank (1747-1835) German theologian, botanist, entomologist, collector.

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