Birds of Venezuela

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Stilpnia (5 species, 14 worldwide)


Burnished-buff Tanager
Burnished-buff Tanager (Stilpnia cayana fulvescens) Male
Guayabetal, Cundinamarca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

This species has a black throat in the southern part of its range. In the northern part of its range it looks very similar to the mostly Colombian Scrub Tanager, but is found at lower altitudes and has a slightly less defined crown and has slightly different color shades with buff sides and back.

Blue-necked Tanager
Blue-necked Tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis caeruleocephala)
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small relatively common tanager sometimes seen outside of the forest. Usually seen in pairs.

Black-headed Tanager
Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera whitelyi)
Mount Ayanganna, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana
  Black-hooded race found in south Venezuela, Guyana and north Brazil.
   
Photograph by Jacob_R_Saucier   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-headed Tanager
Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera cyanoptera) Male
Magdalena, Colombia
  The colorful subspecies found in north Colombia and north Venezuela.
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-headed Tanager
Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera cyanoptera) Female
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Barlovento from Venezuela     Copyright and usage info

There are two races of Black-headed Tanager. Those found in north Colombia and north Venezuela have a yellow body and blue on the wings. Those in south Venezuela have a grey body and black wings, and are sometimes called the Black-hooded Tanager.

Black-capped Tanager
Black-capped Tanager (Stilpnia heinei) Male
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-capped Tanager
Black-capped Tanager (Stilpnia heinei) Female
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Female looks a bit like the Speckled Tanager.

Masked Tanager
Masked Tanager (Stilpnia nigrocincta)
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Most similar to the Blue-necked Tanager.


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