Birds of Guyana - Stilpnia


Burnished-buff Tanager (Stilpnia cayana fulvescens) Male Guayabetal, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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.


Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera whitelyi) Mount Ayanganna, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana Black-hooded race found in south Venezuela, Guyana and north Brazil.
Photograph by Jacob_R_Saucier © All Rights Reserved.


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.

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