French: Calliste à coiffe d’or German: Goldscheiteltangare Spanish: Tangara cabecidorada
du Bus de Gisignies
Subspecies and Distribution
T. l. larvata
(du Bus de Gisignies, 1846) – Caribbean slope of SE Mexico (from S Tabasco, N Oaxaca and N Chiapas), Belize and E Guatemala S to extreme N Costa Rica.
T. l. centralis
(Berlepsch, 1912) – Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and W Panama (Bocas del Toro, N Veraguas, N Coclé).
T. l. franciscae
(P. L. Sclater, 1856) – Pacific slope of Costa Rica and W Panama (E to Veraguas).
T. l. fanny
(Lafresnaye, 1847) – E Panama (from Colón on Caribbean slope, and from Canal Zone on Pacific slope) E to Colombia (N base of W & C Andes, lower Cauca Valley, middle Magdalena Valley, and Pacific lowlands and slope from Chocó) S to W Ecuador (Manabí and Los Ríos).
12 cm; 17·1–23·9 g. Small, colourful tanager with white belly. Male nominate race has most of head cream to deep golden, turning to rufous on throat;... read more
Calls include high, sharp “tsit” and “chik” notes with hard metallic or... read more
Inhabits humid-forest borders, second growth of various ages, and clearings and pastures with... read more
Food and feeding
Fruits and arthropods. In W Colombia study, fruit accounted for 68% of 180 foraging observations; more than 19 species of fruit eaten, and... read more
Season Mar–Sept in Costa Rica, Feb–Aug in Panama and Jan–May in W Colombia; two, rarely three, broods sometimes attempted... read more
Resident. Minor local movements may occur in response to varying fruit availability.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Fairly common to common. Widespread on Caribbean slope of Middle America and Pacific slope of Colombia and NW Ecuador. In Ecuador, recent records S... read more
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