BURNISHED-BUFF TANAGER Tangara cayana
A open-country species associated with scrubby and forested grasslands, the Burnished-Buff Tanager is an unusually-coloured species that is aptly-named! Generally they are found in pairs or small noisy flocks that raid around the grassland with little fear of observers. The male in Figs 2&3 was part of a pair which bred in a nest next to a building in a lemon tree at a height of just 2 metres.
FIGURE 1 - Adult male, location unknown (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 2 - Adult male, Estancia Kanguery, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2006 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3 - Ventral view same individual (Alberto Esquivel November 2006 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 4 - Adult female, Estancia Kanguery, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2006 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 5 - Dorsal view same individual (Alberto Esquivel November 2006 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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Tangara cayana song recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett August 1997).
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