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Written by Michel Gutierrez   
Friday, 03 September 2010

Bay-headed Tanager

Names: Tangara gyrola, Bay-headed Tanager, Tangara Lacrada, Tangara Cabecicastaña.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aralcal/4374852862/
Photo of Julian Londono

 

About the picture:
I took  this photo in "The Coffee Forest" Manizales, Colombia.
I usually put hangers in the garden of the farm to photograph the birds that perch on them.
I took the photos when he was convalescent...I felt much better when I saw the pictures on the pc LOL
This species of tanager is discreet and shy, it leaves little opportunity to focus it and their appearances are sporadic.
On that occasion I got about 20 shots of good quality.


About the Bay-headed Tanager
The Bay-headed Tanager, is a medium-sized passerine bird ( length 13.5 cm. and weight 23 grs). It is mainly green apart from a chestnut head, a blue belly, and a thin gold collar on the hind neck. Sexes are similar, but immatures are duller with chestnut-flecked green heads.This tanager is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia,Brazil and Trinidad.
It occurs in forests, particularly in wetter areas. The bulky cup nest is built in a tree and the normal clutch is 2 brown-blotched white eggs.
These are social birds which eat mainly fruit, usually swallowed whole. Insects are also taken, mainly from the underside of branches.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay-headed_Tanager
http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubisen/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=3422&-Find

» 3 Comments
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at Friday, 03 September 2010 15:05by Boskat
What a stunning photo! It looks as if a child had colored a picture in a coloring book! Isn't nature wonderful.
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at Friday, 03 September 2010 15:29by Jay
such a beautiful bird and a great shot of it, Julian, thank you so much for sharing it with us!!! 
and thank you Michel for all the added info! 
and I agree, Boskat, it looks so carefully coloured in ;-)
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at Friday, 03 September 2010 15:45by Laine
Brilliant picture of a gorgeous bird Julian!! Thank you Michel for sharing it with us along with the info!
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