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Golden Tanager

Tangara arthus

The Golden Tanager is a bright yellow bird with beautiful blue wings. They love to eat fruits and can often be seen hopping around in trees, making them a cheerful sight in the forest.

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

The Golden Tanager is a strikingly bright bird, featuring a brilliant golden-yellow body that contrasts sharply with its black wings, tail, and a small black mask around the eye. Some subspecies also display rufous or orange tones on their sides, making them distinct.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloChordataClaseAvesOrdenPasseriformesFamiliaThraupidaeGéneroTangara

Golden Tanager

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Datos interesantes

Golden Tanagers often hang upside down to reach delicious fruits and hidden insects!

Their dazzling gold feathers aren't just for show; they help attract mates!

These birds build cup-shaped nests, carefully hidden in dense forest foliage.

They sometimes join mixed-species flocks, traveling with other colorful birds!

Habilidades especiales

Golden Tanager can hang upside down to forage because this helps them reach hidden fruits and insects in dense foliage.

Golden Tanager has bright golden-yellow feathers that help them stand out to attract mates in the dim forest understory.

Golden Tanager uses distinct chirps and trills because these calls help them communicate with other birds in their flock.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 13-15 cm
Envergadura: 20-25 cm
Peso: 0.02-0.028 kg
Esperanza de vida: 3-8 años
Tamaño de la puesta: 2
Incubación: 13-14 días

Dieta y alimentación

These colorful birds enjoy a delicious mix of juicy fruits and tiny insects!

Alimentos principales

small fruits
berries
beetles
caterpillars
spiders
nectar

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eats

Miconia shrub

Miconia trinervia

Feeds on its small, juicy berries.

eats

Tiger Longwing

Heliconius cydno

Consumes caterpillars and sometimes adult butterflies.

eaten by

Parrot Snake

Leptophis ahaetulla

An arboreal snake that preys on small birds.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Canto

Los animales cantores producen vocalizaciones complejas, a menudo con el propósito de atraer parejas, defender el territorio o comunicarse dentro de su especie.