White-capped Tanager (Sericossypha albocristata)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
23 - 26 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lafresnaye, 1843)

Habitat
Humid and wet montane forest especially mossy higher elevation forest. From 1,400 - 3,200 m, but mainly 1,700 - 2,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

South-western Venezuela (Andes of southern T�chira); and Colombia locally in eastern Andes (Norte de Santander), locally on both slopes of central Andes (Caldas�"Tolima border), western Andes in Antioquia (La Linda, near city of Jard��n) and head of Magdalena Valley in Huila south through Cauca and Nari�o to Ecuador and central Peru (Jun��n).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status VU
Deforestation is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually in groups of 4 - 8, though occasionally up to 20 travel together.

Voice
Very loud and piercing including a descending 'pieeu', 'peeiep' and 'pew-pew-pew...', recalling a jay.

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White-capped Tanager (Sericossypha albocristata) [XC492112]
by Sergio C\u00f3rdoba-C\u00f3rdoba (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from Cachiyacu. Sector de Yangana, Ecuador (call)

White-capped Tanager (Sericossypha albocristata) [XC532330]
by Sergio C\u00f3rdoba-C\u00f3rdoba (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from Vereda Carrizal, Sisavita, Colombia (?)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Despite numerous earlier suggestions to the contrary, morphological and genetic data support placement of this species within present family. Molecular-genetic data indicate that present genus and Nemosia are probably sister-taxa.

References
See References.

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