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Magpie Tanager

By Charlie July 30, 2006 No comments yet

Magpie Tanagers Cissopsis leverianus
30 July 2006, Parque do Zizo, Eastern Brazil
 
Magpie Tanagers - clearly named for their pied, ‘magpie-like’ plumages - are found in mobile groups in forest borders and secondary growth or clearings around the Amazon Basin and in south-east Brazil. The eastern subspecies C. l. major (shown here) is larger and has a [...]