Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Fulvous-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis fulviceps) - HBW 16, p. 171
French: Tangara à tête fauve
German: Rostkopftangare
Spanish: Tangara Cabecifulva
Taxonomy: Th. [lypopsis] fulviceps Cabanis, 1851, Caracas, Venezuela.
Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- obscuriceps Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1953 - Sierra de Perijá, on Colombia–Venezuela border.
- fulviceps Cabanis, 1851 - mountains of N Venezuela (Carabobo E to Miranda; NE Anzoátegui, W Sucre and N Monagas).
- meridensis Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1962 - Andes of Mérida and N Táchira, in W Venezuela.
- intensa Todd, 1917 - E slope of E Andes in N Colombia (Norte de Santander).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a plant, feeding an insect Locality Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela (ssp fulviceps)
DAVID ASCANIO 30 June 2005 7 years ago 13 sec 3.3
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A foraging adult.
Locality Yacambú National Park, Lara State, Venezuela (ssp fulviceps)
philgunson 18 November 2009 3 years ago 3
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