Listen to the Lemon-spectacled tanager
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About the Lemon-spectacled tanager
The Lemon-spectacled tanager is a bird in the family Cardinalidae (order Passeriformes). Adults weigh around 38 g.
What does the Lemon-spectacled tanager sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call, agitated calls and calls. 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 lemon-spectacled tanager (Chlorothraupis olivacea) is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.
More from the family Cardinalidae
Northern cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Indigo bunting
Passerina cyanea
Dickcissel
Spiza americana
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Scarlet tanager
Piranga olivacea
Summer tanager
Piranga rubra
Pyrrhuloxia
Cardinalis sinuatus
Black-headed grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western tanager
Piranga ludoviciana
Lazuli bunting
Passerina amoena
Black-backed grosbeak
Pheucticus aureoventris
Red-crowned ant tanager
Habia rubica
Frequently asked questions
What does a Lemon-spectacled tanager sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the Lemon-spectacled tanager on this page, including its call, agitated calls and calls. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
What family does the Lemon-spectacled tanager belong to?
The Lemon-spectacled tanager (Chlorothraupis olivacea) belongs to the family Cardinalidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Esmeraldas: right bank Rio Santiago, above Estero Pote 7… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Agitated calls · Esmeraldas: right bank Rio Santiago, above Estero Pote 7… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Calls · Esmeraldas: right bank Rio Santiago, above Estero Pote 7… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2630935 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Lemon-spectacled tanager – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by John Gerrard Keulemans – Public domain