Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera)
About the Black-headed Tanager
The black-headed tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the Andes of northeastern Colombia and the Venezuelan Coastal Range. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. The black-hooded tanager (Stilpnia whitelyi) was formerly considered to be conspecific with this species.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 15 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Black-capped TanagerStilpnia heineirecording
- Blue-necked TanagerStilpnia cyanicollisrecording
- Masked TanagerStilpnia nigrocinctarecording
- Scrub TanagerStilpnia vitriolinarecording
- Silver-backed TanagerStilpnia viridicollisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.