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WHITE-LINED TANAGER Tachyphonus rufus
The dry forest version of Ruby-crowned Tanager, this species lacks any bright colouration on the crown. They are active, bold inhabitants of tangled undergrowth, usually occurring in pairs. The word rufus in the scientific name refers to the type specimen (the first individual collected and the one on which the description of the species was based), which was a typical reddish-brown female (Fig 3) - the black male (Figs 1-2) was at the time unknown.
FIGURE 1 - Adult male, Laguna Capitán, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 2 - Same individual (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 3 - Adult female, Campor Maria Private Nature Reserve, Cuenca Upper Yacaré Sur (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
VIDEO - Same individual as Figs 1-2 (Paul Smith September 2006).
Superficially this species is very similar to the Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus but this is a bird of dry habitats whilst that species is found only in humid forest.
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