Listen to the Plushcap
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About the Plushcap
The Plushcap is a bird in the family Thraupidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Plushcap 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 song. 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 plushcap (Catamblyrhynchus diadema) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae and it is the only member of the genus Catamblyrhynchus.
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
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
Fawn-breasted tanager
Pipraeidea melanonota
Frequently asked questions
What does a Plushcap sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Plushcap on this page, including its song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Plushcap endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Plushcap as “least concern”.
What family does the Plushcap belong to?
The Plushcap (Catamblyrhynchus diadema) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Pichincha: sw-slope of Volcán Corazon, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Pichincha: Calacalí-Nanegalito road, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q265233 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Plushcap – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Ben Tavener from Curitiba, Brazil – CC BY 2.0