Orange-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis sordida)
About the Orange-headed Tanager
The orange-headed tanager (Thlypopsis sordida) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Native to South America, it is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela, where it inhabits successional vegetation, cerrado, riparian forest, shrub, brush, and open woodland. Males of the species have sandy-gray upperparts, cinnamon to buff underparts, white on the center of the lower breast, belly, and tail, and rufous-orange and yellow heads. Females are similar but duller.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 80 recordings for this species: 15 CC BY-NC-SA · 3 CC BY-NC-ND. 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.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Rufous-chested TanagerThlypopsis ornatarecording
- Superciliaried HemispingusThlypopsis superciliarisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.