SHRIKE-LIKE TANAGER Neothraupis fasciata NEAR THREATENED
If you´re looking at a picture of this bird for the first time then I can already tell what you are thinking! "Doesn´t this bird look like a shrike!" And yes you are right, remarkably so, considering they live completely different lifestyles on completely different continents and are completely unrelated! Shrike-like Tanager is a new name for this species, which previously went by the less conspicuous title of White-banded Tanager (the white band is on the shoulder in case you are wondering where the name comes from!). These are sociable cerrado birds living in family groups that consist of a dominant pair and the offspring of previous seasons.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2399PH) Adult male, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith December 2009).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2400PH) Adult male, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2401PH) Adult male, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (John T. Smit January 2011  http://science.naturalis.nl/smitj).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2402PH) Same individual as (FPAVE2401PH) head detail (John T. Smit January 2011  http://science.naturalis.nl/smitj).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE2403PH) Same individual as (FPAVE2400PH) upperwing (Paul Smith November 2005).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE2404PH) Adult female, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith November).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE2405PH) Immature, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Derek Onley July 2010).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE2406PH) Nest, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Rob Clay October 2009).
VIDEO 1 - (FPAVE2407VI) Adult male alarm calling, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO 2 - (FPAVE2408VI) Adult male, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith December 2006).

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Neothraupis fasciata
1 (FPAVE2409RE) Two birds alarm calling  recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett December 1997).
2 (FPAVE2410RE) Calls from family group  recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett July 1997).
3 (FPAVE2411RE) Song at dawn  recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett November 1997).
4 (FPAVE2412RE) Calls from family group  recorded Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith October 2008).
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