White-capped Tanager

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

heaviest is the White-capped Tanager which weighs 114 grams (4 oz) and measures about 23 cm (8.7 in). Both sexes are usually the same size and weight. Tanagers are often brightly colored, but some species are black and white. Birds in their first year are often duller or a different color altogether. Males are typically more brightly coloured than females. Most tanagers have short, rounded wings. The shape of the bill seems to be linked to the species' foraging habits. More

White-capped Tanager, Northern Peru, Abra Patricia August 2005 © Colin Bushell - TOUCAN BIRDING TOURS Neotropical Birding Tours White-capped Tanager - White-capped Tanager, Northern Peru, Abra Patricia August 2005 © Colin Bushell - TOUCAN BIRDING TOURS TOUCAN BIRDING TOURS White-capped Tanager - White-capped Tanager, Ecuador, Guacamayos Ridge 19-Dec-2005 © Nick Athanas Tropical Birding Send this as a postcard More

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heaviest Tanager is the White-capped Tanager that weighs four ounces (one hundred and fourteen grams) and is nearly nine inches (twenty-two centimeters) long. Both the male and female are usually the same size and weight. Tanagers have bright colored plumage except for a few species which are simply black and white. A yearling Tanager is usually dull colored or a totally different color from the adults. More

White-capped Tanager (what is it doing down here? This was a very high flyby of a single bird identified by its vocalization. More