Golden-chevroned Tanager

17-18 cm. Endemic to Southeast Brazil. Head and underparts dark glittering bluish violet, brighter on crown. Back blackish with bluish sheen. Bright yellow shoulder patch. Wing coverts and flight feathers with greenish edges. <NThe female is very similar, duller, with the back and underparts dark gray. <NImmature grayish. Call a high upward pitched "siii". Song in structure and sound quality similar to the song of /Thraupis cyanoptera , a 3-4 sec long sequence of about 10 whistles often repeated several times. Forages in pairs breeding season or in small groups in canopy and mid level of trees, also visits fruiting shrubs. Seldom in mixed flocks: migratory: leaves the mountains in winter and descends to the lowlands. Breeds in October. Locally not uncommon in primary and secondary forest and borders, in plantations, clearings with shrubs, Throughout in the littoral and in the serras. Apparently at sea level only in winter. To 1300 meters 639 Song. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>29<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Primary forest.: 5847 Calls. Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>30<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. With /Chiroxiphia caudata, Myiodynastes maculatus, Columba plumbea .: 5363 Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>20<10>98. Cloudy, 25<91>C. Primary forest edge. With /Oxyruncus cristatus, Procnias nudicollis, Cacicus haemorrhous .: 9480 Song. 10<10>18<10>99, Nucleo Sta. Virginia. Misty with rain, 15<91>C. Degraded forest.: 6235 Song. 10<10>22<10>99, Serra da Mantiqueira, Tres Picos Trail. Clear, 25<91>C. Primary forest. With /Oxyruncus cristatus, Chamaeza ruficauda, Grallaria varia .: 14406 Calls. 10<10>25<10>99, Serra da Mantiqueira, near Hotel Simon. Clear, 22<91>C. Forest.: 9611 >: