BURNISHED-BUFF TANAGER Tangara cayana
An open-country species associated with scrubby and forested grasslands, the Burnished-Buff Tanager is an unusually-coloured bird that is aptly-named! Generally they are found in pairs or small noisy flocks that raid around the grassland with little fear of observers. The male (FPAVE3725PH) was part of a pair which bred in a nest next to a building in a lemon tree at a height of just 2 metres.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE3724PH) Adult male, location unknown (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE3725PH) Adult male, Estancia Kanguery, Departamento Itapúa(Alberto Esquivel November 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE3726PH) Ventral view same individual (Alberto Esquivel November 2006).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE3898PH) Adult male dorsal, Lagunita, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Hugo del Castillo October 2011).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE3727PH) Adult female, Estancia Kanguery, Departamento Itapúa (Alberto Esquivel November 2006).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE3728PH) Dorsal view same individual (Alberto Esquivel November 2006).
VIDEO - (FPAVE3729VI) Male, Lagunita, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith October 2012).
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Tangara cayana
1 (FPAVE3730RE) song  recorded Aguara-Ñu, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Juan Mazar Barnett August 1997).
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