Birds of Brazil - Stilpnia


Burnished-buff Tanager (Stilpnia cayana chloroptera) Monte Verde, Camanducaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil The southeast Brazil race is sometimes called the Stripe-bellied Tanager.
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Burnished-buff Tanager (Stilpnia cayana fulvescens) Male Guayabetal, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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This species has a black throat in the southern part of its range. In the northern part of its range it looks very similar to the mostly Colombian Scrub Tanager, but is found at lower altitudes and has a slightly less defined crown and has slightly different color shades with buff sides and back.


Blue-necked Tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis caeruleocephala) ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia
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A small relatively common tanager sometimes seen outside of the forest. Usually seen in pairs.


Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera whitelyi) Mount Ayanganna, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana Black-hooded race found in south Venezuela, Guyana and north Brazil.
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Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera cyanoptera) Female Venezuela
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There are two races of Black-headed Tanager. Those found in north Colombia and north Venezuela have a yellow body and blue on the wings. Those in south Venezuela have a grey body and black wings, and are sometimes called the Black-hooded Tanager.


Masked Tanager (Stilpnia nigrocincta) Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
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Most similar to the Blue-necked Tanager.


Black-backed Tanager (Stilpnia peruviana) Male ENDEMIC Curitiba, Brazil
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Black-backed Tanager (Stilpnia peruviana) Female ENDEMIC Riviera de São Lourenço , Bertioga, São Paulo , Brazil
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Most closely related to the Chestnut-backed Tanager, and sometimes considered conspecific.


Chestnut-backed Tanager (Stilpnia preciosa) Male Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Chestnut-backed Tanager (Stilpnia preciosa) Female Urupema, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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