Gilt-edged Tanager

13.5 cm. Above buffy golden yellow, streaked black. Throat and forehead black. Underside shining turquoise-blue. Belly green. Crissum yellow. Wings and tail black, the feathers with broad green edges. Sexes alike. Call notes "tsit" or "seet", sometimes in series. Song a series of 12 notes with increasing and then decreasing frequency ^119 vocalization 1 . Forages for insects and fruits in canopy of trees, descends to fruiting bushes. Rio de Janeiro November ^159 . Uncommon in lower humid montane forest and forest borders. Throughout. In Estado S<C4>o Paulo observed at<8E>Bananal, S<C4>o Jose do Barreiro ^119 , and the lower slopes of the<8E>Serra Mantiqueira. In Estado Rio de Janeiro at<8E>Cantagalo ^40 . <N400-1000 meters ^133 12081 Calls, Ernesto Ruschi Reserve, Nova Lombardia, ES, LNS 22101, recorded by T. Parker.: 340 Calls, Ruschi Estate, Santa Teresa, ES, LNS 33998, recorded by T. Parker.: 6364 >: