Shrike-like tanager
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| Shrike-like tanager at Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Goiás state, Brazil | |
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Neothraupis
Hellmayr, 1936
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N. fasciata
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| Neothraupis fasciata (Lichtenstein, 1823)
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The shrike-like tanager (Neothraupis fasciata), also known as the white-banded tanager, is the only member of the genus Neothraupis in the tanager family (Thraupidae), nine-primaried oscines of the Passeroidea.
Distribution and habitat
It is a bird native to the interior of south-central South America at elevations of 550–1,100 m (1,800–3,610 ft). It is restricted to Cerrado, woodland and shrub of central-eastern Brazil, north-eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Bolivia. It is frequently seen in Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Description
Its plumage is remarkably similar to that of several species of shrikes in the genus Lanius, but these Corvoidea are quite distantly related songbirds. Males and females of this species look alike. It has a total length of about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). and weighs 29–32 g.
Behaviour
Typically seen in pairs or small groups of up to 12 individuals, with 7 being average. Eats insects. Breeds in October and November. The deep, cup-shaped nest, typically placed in a small tree or bush, is lined with grasses. Clutch size 2–3 eggs. The pair are often helped by birds from earlier broods, which have the grey parts of the plumage partially or entirely replaced by brown (this brownish plumage sometimes mistakenly referred to as the adult female plumage).
References
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External links
- Photo – mangoverde.com
