Listen to the Black-faced tanager
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About the Black-faced tanager
The Black-faced tanager is a bird in the family Thraupidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Black-faced tanager sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The black-faced tanager (Schistochlamys melanopis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
More from the family Thraupidae
Paradise tanager
Tangara chilensis
Blue-gray tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Saffron finch
Sicalis flaveola
Silver-throated tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Magpie tanager
Cissopis leverianus
Plushcap
Catamblyrhynchus diadema
Golden tanager
Tangara arthus
Green honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Emerald tanager
Tangara florida
Yellow-bellied dacnis
Dacnis flaviventer
Beryl-spangled tanager
Tangara nigroviridis
Bay-headed tanager
Tangara gyrola
Frequently asked questions
What does a Black-faced tanager sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Black-faced tanager on this page, including its call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Black-faced tanager endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Black-faced tanager as “least concern”.
What family does the Black-faced tanager belong to?
The Black-faced tanager (Schistochlamys melanopis) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: SE Zumba: turnoff to Chito on La Chonta… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q770865 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Black-faced tanager – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Dolhijn – CC BY 3.0