14 cm. Ochraceous buff above. Wing and tail bluish black. Head sides, throat and band down the middle of chest and belly black. Flanks and crissum light buff. <NThe female is greenish above with a rufescent crown and a dark grey mask. Wing and tail greenish black. Throat dusky white. Underparts buffy whitish with a greenish hue.
Call a high "siss". Song a " zi zi zi zi-zi zi-zi zi-zi zizizizizizizizizi" lasting about 3 sec vocalization 3 .
Forages in trees and bushes for fruits, takes also termites and other insects: in pairs and small groups.
Mato Grosso October, November.
Not uncommon in dry open areas close to forest or with isolated trees and brush, cerrado, cerradao: in gallery forest, gardens, parks. Seasonally moving around for ripe fruits ^159 .
Throughout, but rare close to the coast, e. g. in Estado S<C4>o Paulo it was encountered at<8E>Itapetininga, Capao Bonito, Bananal, Sao Jose do Barreiro ^119 , S<C4>o Paulo<8E>City. In Estado Rio de Janeiro observed at<8E>Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro, Lajes, Santa Cecilia, Refugio do Marapendi 12 km west of Rio de Janeiro , Itatiaia ^53 . <NBelow 1200 meters ^133
9041 Song. Serra das Rosas S<C4>o Paulo, near Franca, 11<10>7<10>98. Rain in the morning, then sunny, 27<91>C. Secondary forest. With /Myiarchus swainsoni .: 11139 Call. Ibitiboca, 10<10>31<10>00. Cloudy, 20<91>C. Open forest.: 3175 Calls, Bolivar, Venezuela, LNS 16462, recorded by P. Kellogg.:
4099 > Male: 11147 > Female:
Character status: partial decoder; angle-bracket byte markers are preserved
Recovered structure; field assignment may be heuristic
Structured account sections
Description
14 cm. Ochraceous buff above. Wing and tail bluish black. Head sides, throat and band down the middle of chest and belly black. Flanks and crissum light buff. <NThe female is greenish above with a rufescent crown and a dark grey mask. Wing and tail greenish black. Throat dusky white. Underparts buffy whitish with a greenish hue.
Voice
Call a high "siss". Song a " zi zi zi zi-zi zi-zi zi-zi zizizizizizizizizi" lasting about 3 sec vocalization 3 .
Behavior
Forages in trees and bushes for fruits, takes also termites and other insects: in pairs and small groups.
Habitat and status
Mato Grosso October, November.
Distribution
Not uncommon in dry open areas close to forest or with isolated trees and brush, cerrado, cerradao: in gallery forest, gardens, parks. Seasonally moving around for ripe fruits ^159 .
Additional notes
Throughout, but rare close to the coast, e. g. in Estado S<C4>o Paulo it was encountered at<8E>Itapetininga, Capao Bonito, Bananal, Sao Jose do Barreiro ^119 , S<C4>o Paulo<8E>City. In Estado Rio de Janeiro observed at<8E>Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro, Lajes, Santa Cecilia, Refugio do Marapendi 12 km west of Rio de Janeiro , Itatiaia ^53 . <NBelow 1200 meters ^133
Structure status: heuristic; decoded_account_text and segment JSON remain authoritative
Release-specific historical evidence — the three releases remain separate; none is canonical
Release history
This work was published as three separate releases: the Disc 3 release first, the Disc 2 release later, and the Disc 1 release in 2011. Differences between them are historical release differences and are never merged.
Disc 3in this release's bird list(aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
Disc 2in this release's bird list(aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
Disc 1 (2011)in this release's bird list(aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1)
The account in the Disc 1 (2011) revision
The 2011 Disc 1 revision edited this account; the sections listed below differ from the Disc 3 release text.
Sections with genuine 2011 edits (vs the Disc 3 release): distribution.
Description Disc 1 (2011)
14 cm. Ochraceous buff above. Wing and tail bluish black. Head sides, throat and band down the middle of chest and belly black. Flanks and crissum light buff. <nThe female is greenish above with a rufescent crown and a dark grey mask. Wing and tail greenish black. Throat dusky white. Underparts buffy whitish with a greenish hue.
Voice Disc 1 (2011)
Call a high "siss". Song a " zi zi zi zi-zi zi-zi zi-zi zizizizizizizizizi" lasting about 3 sec vocalization 3 .
Behavior Disc 1 (2011)
Forages in trees and bushes for fruits, takes also termites and other insects: in pairs and small groups.
Breeding Disc 1 (2011)
Mato Grosso October, November.
Habitat and status Disc 1 (2011)
Not uncommon in dry open areas close to forest or with isolated trees and brush, cerrado, cerradao: in gallery forest, gardens, parks. Seasonally moving around for ripe fruits ^159 .
Distribution Disc 1 (2011)
Throughout, but rare close to the coast, e. g. in Estado S<C4>o Paulo it was encountered at<8E>Itapetininga, Capao Bonito, Bananal, S<C4>o Jose do Barreiro ^119 , S<C4>o Paulo<8E>City. In Estado Rio de Janeiro observed at<8E>Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro, Lajes, Santa Cecilia, Refugio do Marapendi 12 km west of Rio de Janeiro , Itatiaia ^53 . <nBelow 1200 meters ^133
Historical taxonomy
WORLD
tangara cayana
Burnished-buff Tanager
Thraupidae
Tanagers,Honeycreepers
CLEMENTS
tangara cayana
Burnished-buff Tanager
Thraupidae
Tanagers,Honeycreepers
AOU_HM
tangara cayana
Burnished-buff Tanager
Thraupidae
Tanagers,Honeycreepers
Recordings
9041.mp3
9041 Song. Serra das Rosas S<C4>o Paulo, near Franca, 11<10>7<10>98. Rain in the morning, then sunny, 27<91>C. Secondary forest. With /Myiarchus swainsoni .
