Rufous-headed Tanager

13 cm. Male has a rufous head and paler rufous on throat: the sides of neck with a big yellow patch. Upperparts olive green. Rump dark orange. Breast orange. Lower underparts greenish gray. Center of belly pale yellow. <NThe female has olive-green upperparts with a yellow superciliary. Rump yellow green. Underparts pale yellow with an olive wash on breast. Calls | a high "chit" and a lower "zek". Song a fast sequence of high notes | "zi zi zi zi zi zi zi zi zi chew chit-it" ^159 vocalization 3 . Pairs and family groups most of the time as part of a mixed flock forage in the crowns of tall trees. In Estado Rio de Janeiro a female was observed building a nest in October T. Parker, Jr. fide Isler and Isler ^159 . Hybridizes with /Hemithraupis guira ^119 . Not uncommon in primary and secondary large forest and forest edge. Survived in a 250 ha. woodlot in S<C4>o Paulo ^48 . Seems to be more common in the northern part of its distribution range. Throughout. In Estado S<C4>o Paulo found at<8E>Iguape, <8E>S<C4>o Paulo<8E>City, S<C4>o Miguel de Arcanjo, Ubatuba, also inland Franca , ^40 , PE Jacupiranga, Fazenda Intervales, Guaratuba ^119 , Itatiaia, Serra dos Org<C4>os, Rio de Janeiro, Serra Bocaina Remold, unpubl. . To 1100 meters 5340 Calls, November 9, 2002, Canoas, Teresopolis, Estado Rio de Janeiro, montane secondary growth. Recorded by Jeremy Minns.: 11344 Calls, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, LNS 32195, recorded by T. Parker, Jr. with /Drymophila ferruginea, Columba plumbea, Dysithamnus stictothorax, Crypturellus obsoletus, Rhamphastus vitellinus .: 9967 Call, song, Itatiaia National Park, Estado Rio de Janeiro, LNS 32054, recorded by T. Parker, Jr., with /Basileuterus culicivorus song, Saltator similis .: 6326 Calls, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, LNS 34004. recorded by T. Parker, Jr.: 12168 Song at the beginning, then 2 calls. LNS 32195, with /Saltator similis, Batara cinerea, Drymophila ochropyga, Basileuterus culicivorus . Recorded by T. Parker, Jr.: 9348 > Male: 4041 > Female: