GUIRA TANAGER Hemithraupis guira
Like a little gold nugget bouncing through the tree-tops the male Guira Tanager is one of the most beautiful inhabitants of the Atlantic Forest canopy. They are social birds, moving around in roving flocks and often acting as the nuclear species in mixed groups - announcing the arrival of some major birding activity with their tinny "toy trumpet" calls.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1221PH) Adult male lateral, Isla Yacyretá, Departamento Misiones (Fernando Bernasconi September 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1222PH) Same individual ventral, Isla Yacyretá, Departamento Misiones (Fernando Bernasconi September 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1223PH) Same individual, Isla Yacyretá, Departamento Misiones (Fernando Bernasconi September 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1224PH) Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu May 2008).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE1225PH) Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE1226PH) Adult female, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE1227VI) Adult male singing,  Salto del Monday, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith September 2010).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE1228VI) Adult male responding to playback,  PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2010).
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