Black-capped Tanager

The Black-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.

The Black-capped Tanager (Tangara heinei) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Tangara heinei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. More

Black-capped Tanager, one of 12 species of Tangara possible at Cabañas San Isidro. Photo: Gary Rosenberg The scenic Andes of eastern Ecuador are incredibly rich in birds, combining high páramo habitats that are home to Andean Condors and Rufous-bellied Seedsnipes with lush temperate and subtropical forests alive with spectacular tanagers and fancy hummingbirds. More

Black-capped TanagerA new species of tanager, Tangara phillipsi sp. nov., from the Cerros del Sira, Peru is described. T. phillipsi belongs to a monophyletic "black-capped" species complex of the Andean forest of western South America (full article): Between 1969 and 1972, John Terborgh and Weske made collections in the previously unexplored Cerros del Sira, a series of isolated peaks (to 2450 m elevation) connected by a low-elevation ridge to the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes. More

Black-capped Tanager (Tangara heinei) perched on a branch in the Tandayapa Valley of Ecuador..................................................................... Glenn Bartley.................................................................... Glenn Bartley.................................................................... Tandayapa Bird Lodge.................................................................... Tandayapa Valley.................................................................... animal.................................................................... animals.................................................................... animals in the wild.................................................................... beauty in nature.................................................................... bird.................................................................... birds.................................................................... color image.................................................................... colour image.................................................................... majestic.................................................................... outdoors.................................................................... photography.................................................................... More

Black-capped Tanager Tangara Heinei: in the gardens of El Dorado Lodge, Cuchillo de San Lorenzo, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta: More