Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Gray-Headed Tanager

On March 19, 2023 I was with Judy and my granddaughter, Savannah, at Tinamu Reserve near Manizales, Colombia. I took a photo of a gray-headed tanager, as identified by my guide, but I was unable to get an in-focus shot. 
This is the best I got. 

This is ssp. affinis, but I believe I saw ssp. cristata. 
Birds of the World has a photo of a gray-headed tanager from Caldas, Colombia which is very near to where we were. It is a lowland tanager found in forested habitats. Its plumage is yellowish olive over much of its body, with a gray head and crest. There are seven subspecies. 
Range from Birds of the World. Ssp. cristata is found in east Panama, north Colombia and northwest Venezuela. 

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