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White-capped Tanager




  Name White-capped Tanager
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Ordo Passeriformes
  Familia Thraupidae
  Genus '''''Sericossypha'''''
  Genus Authority Lesson , 1844
  Species '''''S albocristata'''''
  Binomial ''Sericossypha albocristata''
  Binomial Authority ( Lafresnaye , 1843)


The White-capped Tanager. ''Sericossypha albocristata''. Length 24 cm. Weight 114 g. Occurs in Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador and Peru at elevations of 1600–3200 m. It lives in humid forest in groups of up to 20 individuals. Flocks stay in tight formation, often foraging from tree to tree together. Eats fruits, seeds, Hymenoptera , and Coleoptera .