Black-capped Tanager

Black-capped TanagerBlack-capped Tanager occurs in the Andes. Males are blue-green and black, while females are dull green. The iridescent sheen changes with the light. It feeds on fruit and arthropods at forest edges and clearings. The account also lists its former combination, Tangara heinei.What does it look like?Males are conspicuously blue-green and black; females are dull green. The blue-green sheen varies with viewing light.How does it live?Black-capped Tanager occurs in the Andes. Males are blue-green and black, while females are dull green. The iridescent sheen changes with the light. It feeds on fruit and arthropods at forest edges and clearings. The account also lists its former combination, Tangara heinei.At forest edges and clearings it eats fruit, especially melastome berries, and arthropods.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.