BLACK-GOGGLED TANAGER Trichothraupis melanops
In certain humid forest areas the Black-goggled Tanager is one of the commonest members of the avifauna, forming noisy flocks that perch along tracks and chastise passers-by, but as you head further north they become gradually less conspicuous. In fact only the adult male has the black goggles, these being absent in females and juvenile males, but birds of all sexes and ages have a broad white flash across the wing, often surprisingly conspicuous in flight!
FIGURE 1 - Adult male lateral view crest concealed, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 2 - Adult male lateral view showing crest, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (David Gill March 2008).
FIGURE 3 - Adult male dorsal view crest concealed, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 4 - Adult male dorsal view showing crest, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 5 - Adult male, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June).
FIGURE 6 - Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith June).
FIGURE 7 - Adult female lateral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2008).
FIGURE 8 - Adult female ventral view , PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 9 - Adult female, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June).
FIGURE 10 - Adult female with cysts on underside of bill base, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February).
FIGURE 11 - Immature male, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Regis Nossent June).
FIGURE 12 - Same individual upperwing showing crest absent in adult female (Paul Smith June).
VIDEO - Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2010).
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Trichothraupis melanops
1 call  recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
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