Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola) - HBW 16, p. 226
French: Calliste rouverdin
German: Grüntangare
Spanish: Tangara Cabecibaya
Other common names: Green Tanager; Bay-and-blue Tanager (“albertinae group”); Bay-and-green Tanager (“viridissima group”)
Taxonomy: Fringilla Gyrola Linnaeus, 1758, Suriname.
Forms a superspecies with T. lavinia; replaced by latter in wet Chocó–Pacific lowlands. Races probably constitute more than a single species; morphological differences between some races as great as those between present species and T. lavinia. Races appear to form three plumage groups: “albertinae group” (including bangsi, deleticia, nupera, catharinae and parva), with blue underparts; “viridissima group” (including toddi), with green underparts; and monotypic “gyrola group”, with mixed underparts; the.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy: Fringilla Gyrola Linnaeus, 1758, Suriname.
Forms a superspecies with T. lavinia; replaced by latter in wet Chocó–Pacific lowlands. Races probably constitute more than a single species; morphological differences between some races as great as those between present species and T. lavinia. Races appear to form three plumage groups: “albertinae group” (including bangsi, deleticia, nupera, catharinae and parva), with blue underparts; “viridissima group” (including toddi), with green underparts; and monotypic “gyrola group”, with mixed underparts; these have in the past been treated as three separate species. Name“gyroloides”, dating to 1847, was in the past applied variously to birds of races deleticia, albertinae or catherinae; however, it is a replacement name for the preoccupied “Aglaïa Peruviana”, which is itself unidentifiable due to contradictory features in the description. Nine subspecies recognized.
Forms a superspecies with T. lavinia; replaced by latter in wet Chocó–Pacific lowlands. Races probably constitute more than a single species; morphological differences between some races as great as those between present species and T. lavinia. Races appear to form three plumage groups: “albertinae group” (including bangsi, deleticia, nupera, catharinae and parva), with blue underparts; “viridissima group” (including toddi), with green underparts; and monotypic “gyrola group”, with mixed underparts; these have in the past been treated as three separate species. Name“gyroloides”, dating to 1847, was in the past applied variously to birds of races deleticia, albertinae or catherinae; however, it is a replacement name for the preoccupied “Aglaïa Peruviana”, which is itself unidentifiable due to contradictory features in the description. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bangsi (Hellmayr, 1911) - E Nicaragua, Costa Rica and W Panama (E to Panamá).
- deleticia (Bangs, 1908) - E Panama (Darién) and generally in W Colombia (E to W slope of E Andes, S to Patía Valley, in Nariño).
- nupera Bangs, 1917 - SW Colombia (Nariño S of Patía Valley), W Ecuador and NW Peru (Tumbes).
- bangsi (Hellmayr, 1911) - E Nicaragua, Costa Rica and W Panama (E to Panamá).
- deleticia (Bangs, 1908) - E Panama (Darién) and generally in W Colombia (E to W slope of E Andes, S to Patía Valley, in Nariño).
- nupera Bangs, 1917 - SW Colombia (Nariño S of Patía Valley), W Ecuador and NW Peru (Tumbes).
- toddi Bangs & T. E. Penard, 1921 - N Colombia (Sierra de Santa Marta, Sierra de Perijá, and E slope of E Andes in Norte de Santander and N Boyacá) and mountains of W & N Venezuela (E to Miranda).
- viridissima (Lafresnaye, 1847) - mountains of NE Venezuela and Trinidad.
- catharinae (Hellmayr, 1911) - E base of E Andes of Colombia (from Meta and Macarena Mts) S to E Ecuador, E Peru and Bolivia (S to Cochabamba and W Santa Cruz).
- parva J. T. Zimmer, 1943 - S Venezuela (SW Amazonas), adjacent E Colombia, and mountains of adjacent N Brazil (upper R Negro).
- gyrola (Linnaeus, 1758) - S Venezuela (from N Amazonas and NW Bolívar) E across the Guianas and extreme N Brazil (headwaters of R Uraricoera E to C & S Amapá).
- albertinae (Pelzeln, 1877) - NE Peru (Loreto) and Brazil S of R Amazon (from R Purús E to NE Pará and S to N Mato Grosso).
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A bird eating banana at a feeder, finally being chased by a Blue-gray Tanager Locality Mirador Rio Blanco, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp nupera)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2007 5 years ago 27 sec 4.5 -
A bird sitting on a branch then flying away Locality Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp toddi)
Keith Blomerley 3 March 2006 6 years ago 18 sec 4.5 -
A bird eating banana at a feeder Locality Mirador Rio Blanco, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp nupera)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2007 5 years ago 25 sec 4.3 -
Male - foraging amongst the trees. Locality Ibagué, Tolima Department, Colombia
Blair Wainman 27 January 2011 1 year ago 34 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding on berries in a tree. Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp toddi)
Keith Blomerley 15 November 2012 21 weeks ago 32 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp nupera)
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 3 years ago 27 sec 4 -
A bird perched on a branch, feeding on a guava fruit Locality San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (ssp deleticia)
Pere Sugranyes 31 May 1999 7 years ago 7 sec 4 -
A bird perched and looking around Locality Rancho Grande Biological Station, Maracay-Ocumare Road, Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp toddi)
DAVID ASCANIO 31 July 2003 5 years ago 23 sec 3.9 -
A bird feeding from a feeder Locality National Aviary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2001 6 years ago 23 sec 3.8 -
A bird feeding a banana Locality Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp toddi)
Peter Nash 5 November 2005 7 years ago 19 sec 3.7 -
A bird on a branch, feeding on a guava fruit Locality San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (ssp deleticia)
Pere Sugranyes 31 May 1999 7 years ago 48 sec 3.7 -
An individual feeding on fruits Locality Virgen del Socorro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp bangsi)
Greg Baker 30 March 2001 1 year ago 19 sec 3.7 -
feeding on banana Locality Arrierito Antioqueño Natural Reserve, Anorí, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp deleticia)
Martin Kennewell 20 May 2012 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 33 sec 3.5 -
A bird perched on a branch. Locality Tarapoto Tunnel, San Martín Department, Peru (ssp albertinae)
Yoel Jimenez 4 December 2012 12 weeks ago 35 sec 3.4 -
A short clip of a single individual Locality Sierra de Lema, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela (ssp gyrola)
DAVID ASCANIO 15 June 2009 2 years ago 3 sec 3.3 -
A perched male Locality Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica (ssp bangsi)
Greg Baker 3 April 2001 1 year ago 12 sec 3 -
Adult perched/moving in tree Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Randy Vickers 1 March 2012 1 year ago 18 sec 2.7 -
A bird in a tree Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp nupera)
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 3 years ago 10 sec 2.5 -
A dusky early morning shot Locality Canopy Tower, Soberanía National Park, Panama (ssp bangsi)
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 2.3
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