Gray-headed Tanager

It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

The Gray-headed Tanager is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

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Gray-headed Tanager (right) is in its own genus; it joins flocks of other species in the lowland undergrowth. Shrike-tanagers, genus Lanio, are placed here. So are the honeycreepers — represented here by Shining Honeycreeper (below left) — plus conebills (genus Conirostrum), Giant Conebill (Oreomanes), and Tit-like Dacnis (Xenodacnis). This second set of tanagers includes numerous anomalous species. More

* Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata * Fulvous Shrike-Tanager Lanio fulvus * White-winged Shrike-Tanager Lanio versicolor * Rufous-crested Tanager Creurgops verticalis * Sulphur-rumped Tanager Heterospingus rubrifrons (A) * Scarlet-browed Tanager Heterospingus xanthopygius * Flame-crested Tanager Tachyphonus cristatus * Yellow-crested Tanager Tachyphonus rufiventer * Fulvous-crested Tanager Tachyphonus surinamus * White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus More

Gray-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata) photo Canal Zone, Panama November, 2005 More

A juvenile Gray-headed Tanager would certainly explain the army ant swarm attendance. While only watching from the sidelines, my initial hunch was also Eucometis, but I could not readily explain the head color. Also Oilbird seemed rather down on that idea initially at least. Not a plumage I know since I see this species most often between November and April. More

Gray-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata) Juvenile Grayish Piculet (Picumnus granadensis) by Aralcal Endemic Taken at Aralcal, "The Coffee Forest" Manizales, Colombia. Please, have a look... Anyone can see this photo All rights reserved Uploaded on Mar 19, 2010 3 comments Moustached Puffbird (Malacoptila mystacalis) by Aralcal Taken at Aralcal, "The Coffee Forest" Manizales, Colombia. More photos at: ... More

* Gray-Headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata) * Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata) * Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) * Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) * Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) * Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta) * Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana) * White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) EUPHONIAS More

Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata = Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona, Colombia - May 10, 2004 More

Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata = Described by: Spix (1825) Alternate common name(s): Grey-headed Tanager, Gray-crested Tanager, Grey-crested Tanager Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs Semaphore Hill Road, Soberania National Park, Panama - Jan 24, 2004 More

Gray-headed Tanager / Tangara Cabecigris (Eucometis penicillata) Ageing and sexing overview: Spring: AHY - U Sexes identical; ageing criteria unknown. Ageing and sexing details: SPRING: AHY-U (after-hatch-year, sex unknown) Adult Gray-headed Tanagers have identical plumage. More

Gray-headed Tanager, Eucometis penicillata Thraupidae (TANAGERS & ALLIES) Gray-headed Tanager, Eucometis penicillata This photo was taken in: Panama This photo was taken with: Canon XTi, w/100-400mm lens Notes on this photo: On our tour of Pipeline Road, the 3 More

Gray-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata) by David Bradley. More

Photo of a Gray-headed tanager, made by KD Dijkstra in the Peperpot coffee plantation near Paramaribo in Suriname in January 2008 (the photo was made with flash on). The second picture was made by Carl Beel on the same spot in September 2009. This tanager is mainly seen in swampy forests in the coastal area, often low in the trees. The bird has a white crest. It eats insects and small fruit. More