Orange-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis sordida)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
13 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 800 m, occasionally up to 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela.

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 LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (49)...)

Orange-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis sordida) [XC504811]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Barra Bonita, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)

Orange-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis sordida) [XC771621]
by Guilherme Melo from Po\u00e7\u00f5es, State of Bahia, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Buff-bellied Tanager (Thlypopsis inornata).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

orinocensis Friedmann, 1942 - R Orinoco (from near Soledad, in Bol��var, south to south of Puerto Ayacucho, in Amazonas), in central Venezuela.
chrysopis (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880) - Extreme southern Colombia (east of Andes), eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and western Brazil (east to R Madeira and R Jiparan�).
sordida (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - Southern and eastern Brazil south of R Amazon (eastern and southern Par� east to Cear� and Para��ba, south to Mato Grosso do Sul, S�o Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), eastern Bolivia, northern Argentina (south to Tucum�n, Corrientes and Misiones) and Paraguay.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Orange-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis sordida) - 10 files

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