- Burnished-buff Tanager
Taxobox
name = Burnished-buff Tanager
image_width = 220px
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Thraupidae
genus = "Tangara "
species = "T. cayana"
binomial = "Tangara cayana"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonyms = The Burnished-buff Tanager ("Tangara cayana") is a species ofbird in theThraupidae family. thetanager s.It is found in the coastal
Guianas ofGuyana ,Suriname andFrench Guiana withVenezuela and centralColombia ; also theAmazon River outlet region ofBrazil , (Amapá andPará ), thecerrado , thecaatinga , and regions ofBolivia ,Paraguay and northeastArgentina .Its naturalhabitat s are subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforest s, drysavanna , subtropical or tropical dryshrubland , and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowlandgrassland .There are two subspecies of the Burnished-buff Tanager, separated by being north of the
Amazon River and southeastwards; the species isdimorphic , the female being of duller, yet buff plumage.The Burnished-buff Tanager is found in areas of the
Amazon Basin , specifically the outlet region of the Amazon River, and the upstream drier regions of watersheds in the southeast Amazon Basin bordering the Cerrado. The largest range of the bird–(the southern subspecies), is in Central-West-Southeast Region, Brazil andcontiguous withNortheast Region, Brazil , the cerrado and the caatinga regions.References
* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/53904/all Tangara cayana] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
External links
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=9274 Burnished-buff Tanager videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=burnished-buff+tanager&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Burnished-buff Tanager photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Tangara+cayana Photo-High Res-(male)(golden-yellow crown)]
* [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/photos/tancay9138.jpgPhoto-High Res--(female)] ; [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/burnished-bufftanager.html Article and synopsis] ; [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/photos/tancay2287.jpgPhoto-no. 2 of 4--(shows Black-Breast)] arthurgrosset–"Birds of South America"
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