White-capped Tanager (Sericossypha albocristata)

Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

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Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Amazonas, Peru

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Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Eastern Andes, Colombia

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Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Amazonas, Peru

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Age: Adult | Sex: Male and Females | Loc. Eastern Andes, Ecuador


Identification & Behavior: ~25 cm (10 in). The White-capped Tanager is mostly bluish black with a snow white cap. The throat and upper breast are scarlet red (more saturated in the male). The juvenile is dull black with a white cap, but not red on the throat. It often forages in family groups in the canopy and sub-canopy of humid montane forest. Its size and color patterns are unmistakable.

Status: The White-capped Tanager is common in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 1700 – 2800 m south to Central Peru. It also occurs in Co and Ec.

Name in Spanish: Tangara de Gorro Blanco.

Sub-species: White-capped Tanager (Sericossypha albocristata), (Lafresnaye), 1843.

Meaning of Name: Sericossypha: Gr. Serikon= silk and kossuphos= blackbird. albocristata: L. albus= white and cristatus= crested, plumed.

See more of the Family Thraupidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum.  http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.