Green-capped Tanager (Tangara meyerdeschauenseei)

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

Population
Estimated population is 1,000 - 2,499 (2010).

Status NT
Habitat destruction and degradation are possibly the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly, in pairs or groups of three or four.

Food
A variety of fruit and arthropods.

Voice
A fairly harsh short 'cheeup cheeup cheeup'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Green-capped Tanager (Tangara meyerdeschauenseei) [XC47693]
by id from Rio Inambari below Sandia, Puno, Peru (call)

Green-capped Tanager (Tangara meyerdeschauenseei) [XC10664]
by Andrew Spencer from Sandia, Puno, Peru (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Burnished-buff Tanager (Tangara cayana), Grenada Tanager (Tangara cucullata), Black-backed Tanager (Tangara peruviana), Chestnut-backed Tanager (Tangara preciosa) and Scrub Tanager (Tangara vitriolina).

References
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