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The Opal-rumped Tanager is a South American bird.
There are four subspecies of this bird.
Their body is mostly iridescent blue and black with an orangish-chestnut belly and an opalescent rump.
The bill is slender and black.
Both sexes look similar but the female may be duller and paler.
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:Diet:
They forage mostly in crowns of tall trees and will eat fruit (especially small fruit
and berries) and insects.
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:Courtship:
No information found.
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:Nesting:
The eggs are grayish white and thickly dotted with darker shades of gray.
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:Habitat and Range:
Opal-rumped Tanagers are found in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest of South America.
They are found in low-lying forests and forest edges, plantations and clearings with
scattered tall trees.
They travel in pairs or small groups (up to 15).
They will also sometimes accompany mixed-species flocks.
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:Vocalization:
Foraging calls are a series of repeated rapid high pitched 'sit' or 'siz' notes.
Their song is a weaker sequence of 'tiz' notes that quickly rise and fall in pitch.
During flight, they will also utter a high-pitched twitter.
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:Plumage/Molt
No alternate plumage and molt annually.
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:Migration:
Not migratory.
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:Tongue/feet:
Legs and feet are gray.
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:Bibliography:
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w4;June, 2013
w43;June, 2013
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