Hooded Tanager (Nemosia pileata)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 - 13.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina (B), Bolivia, Brazil (B), Colombia (B), French Guiana (B), Guyana (B), Paraguay (B), Peru (B), Suriname, Venezuela (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (53)...)

Hooded Tanager (Nemosia pileata) [XC605017]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Setor Samambaia, mata seca, perto da UFG-Agronomia, Goi\u00e2nia-Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)

Hooded Tanager (Nemosia pileata) [XC707725]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Taquaral de Goi\u00e1s, Taquaral de Goi\u00e1s, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (call, song)

Subspecies
Molecular-genetic data indicate that present genus and Sericossypha are probably sister-taxa.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

hypoleuca Todd, 1916 - North-western Colombia (C�rdoba eastern in coastal region to Magdalena and southern in Magdalena Valley to southern Cesar) and northern Venezuela (Zulia and Lara east to Distrito Federal, Delta Amacuro and northern Bol��var).
surinamensis Zimmer, JT, 1947 - Guyana and Suriname.
pileata (Boddaert, 1783) - French Guiana and west-central Brazil (south of R Amazon between R Madeira and R Tapaj�s) south to extreme northern Bolivia.
interna Zimmer, JT, 1947 - Central-northern Brazil in lower R Negro and upper R Branco regions.
nana von Berlepsch, 1912 - North-eastern Peru and western Brazil (east to lower R Madeira).
caerulea (zu Wied-Neuwied, 1831) - Eastern and southern Brazil (south of R Amazon and east of R Tapaj�s), and extreme south-eastern Peru east to eastern Bolivia, Paraguay and north-western and north-eastern Argentina.

References
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Files:

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