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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Golden-hooded Tanager

Golden-hooded Tanager by sachinvijayan
Golden-hooded Tanager, a photo by sachinvijayan on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Adult Golden-hooded Tanagers are 13 cm long and weigh 19 g. The adult male has a golden head with a black eyemask edged with violet blue above and below. The upperparts of the body are black apart from the turquoise shoulders, rump and edgings of the wings and tail. The flanks are blue and the central belly is white. Females have a greenish tinge to the head, sometimes with black speckling on the crown, and more extensively white underparts. Immatures are duller, with a green head, dark grey upperparts, off-white underparts, and little blue in the plumage.

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