Bay-headed Tanager
Tangara gyrola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Bay-headed Tanager, Tangara gyrola, is a passerine of Middle America and northern South America, from Nicaragua through western Amazonia. It lives in forest, especially where conditions are wetter, and is a resident breeder across that broad range. The species was first described by Linnaeus in 1758. It is a tanager with marked variation between subspecies, and the form found in northeast Venezuela and Trinidad has green underparts that match the rest of the body. Its breeding range also includes Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia, north-western Brazil and Trinidad.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Nicaragua through n, w Amazonia
