Comprehensive Description
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Tachyphonus rufus (Boddaert)
Previously (Friedmann, 1963:212) we knew of 3 records of this tanager as a victim of the shiny cowbird, 2 from Venezuela and 1 from Colombia. An additional instance from the vicinity of Caracas, Venezuela may be mentioned, a case reported to us by Paul Schwartz.
ORANGE-HEADED TANAGER
Thlypopsis sordida (Lafresnaye and d'Orbigny)
Previously known as a host of the shiny cowbird on the basis of a single record from Tucumán, northwestern Argentina, this tanager has been reported as a victim of the parasite in Brazil, as well, by Dr. Sick. The instance he reported is from near Rio de Janeiro, and involves the cowbird subspecies M. bonariensis melanogyna; both records refer to the nominate race of the tanager.
ROSE-BREASTED THRUSH-TANAGER
- bibliographic citation
- Friedmann, Herbert, Kiff, Lloyd F., and Rothstein, Stephen I. 1977. "A further contribution of knowledge of the host relations of the parasitic cowbirds." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-75. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.235
