The underparts are tawny, the back and head are dull brownish-olive, and the tail and wings are contrastingly black . The male has a yellow crown patch and a large black patch around the eyes .
The Black-goggled Tanager is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
Male Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops Green-headed Tanager Tangara seledon Male Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana Female Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana The main access road - which from a birding point of view starts where it crosses a wooden bridge by the main entrance gates - is an excellent place to find some of the smaller funariids and other passerines as they track along the edge of the trees More
Black-goggled Tanager (Trichothraupis melanops) (Vieillot, 1818) summary taxon grid map Wikipedia NatureServe Google: Web|Scholar ITIS Birdlife Google|Flickr Xeno-Canto - photo: Ana Claudia - Friburgo Photo powered by flickr.com. More
Black-goggled Tanager (Trichothraupis melanops) is a species of bird in the family, Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Trichothraupis. It is found at low levels in forest and woodland in a large part of eastern and southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina, with a disjunct population along the East Andean slope in Peru, Bolivia and far north-western Argentina. More
The Black-goggled Tanager has yellowish buff underparts, dark brown-black upperside, especially black around the eyes, yellow crest sometimes visible. The female has less pronounced markings. Lives in southern half of Brazil and neighbouring countries.More photos... More
BLACK-GOGGLED TANAGER Trichothraupis melanops In certain humid forest areas the Black-goggled Tanager is one of the commonest members of the avifauna, forming noisy flocks that perch along tracks and chastise passers-by, but as you head further north they become gradually less conspicuous. More
Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops = Esp More
Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops = Described by: Vieillot (1818) Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs Esp More
species overview :: Black-goggled Tanager (Trichothraupis melanops) = Nr. More
Black-goggled Tanager (Trichothraupis melanops) by Aidan Maccormick. More