Yellow-shouldered Grassquit vs Black-hooded Tanager

Loxipasser anoxanthus compared with Tangara whitelyi

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Yellow-shouldered Grassquit Black-hooded Tanager
Scientific Name Loxipasser anoxanthus Tangara whitelyi
Order Passeriformes Passeriformes
Family Thraupidae Thraupidae
Conservation Status Least Concern Least Concern
Length
Wingspan 12.3 cm (4.8 in) 13.9 cm (5.5 in)
Weight 11.5 g (0.41 oz) 22.3 g (0.79 oz)
Diet -- --
Clutch Size 3-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

Yellow-shouldered Grassquit only

None

Black-hooded Tanager only

None

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Yellow-shouldered Grassquit

Least Concern

Black-hooded Tanager

About These Birds

Black-hooded Tanager

The Black-hooded Tanager is a strikingly colored small tanager with a blue and turquoise body, black hood, and contrasting golden-buff rump. It inhabits humid montane forests of Venezuela and adjacent Guyana at elevations between 1,000 and 2,500 meters. It feeds on small fruits, berries, and insects, foraging actively in the canopy and forest edges, often in mixed-species flocks.

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