Purple tangerine
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Purple tangerine ( Ramphocelus bresilius ) ♂ |
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Ramphocelus bresilius | ||||||||||||
( Linnaeus , 1766) |
The purple tangar ( Ramphocelus bresilius ), which is also called the Brazilian tangar , is a bird belonging to the genus of the velvet tangar ( Ramphocelus ). It lives in south-eastern Brazil in moist, open forest landscapes, on forest edges, in secondary forests , on river banks and plantations.
features
The sexes of the purple tangs look different. The females are brownish with a darker chestnut colored head, wings and tail. Males are intense red with black wings and tails. The beak of the males is black. There is a noticeable white spot on the lower beak. Purple tangs grow to be about 18 centimeters long.
Way of life
The birds feed on fruits and insects. The birds, which only live in pairs during the breeding season, build their nests from the false roots (rizomophores) epiphytically on tree-growing mushrooms of the genus Marasmius . Their clutch consists of two eggs, which are hatched in 12 to 14 days by the female alone. The young reach sexual maturity after about 15 months. The life expectancy of the purple tangs is more than ten years. In the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais , its distribution area overlaps with that of the closely related silver- billed tangar ( Ramphocelus carbo ). Both species form hybrids there .
swell
- G. Mauersberger: Urania Tierreich, Vögel Urania-Verlag, 1991, ISBN 3-332-00491-3
- Martin R. de la Pena, Maurice Rumboll: Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica (Collins Illustrated Checklist). Harpercollins Pub Ltd, ISBN 0002200775
- Zurich Zoo Purple Tangar
Web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for Ramphocelus bresilius in the Internet Bird Collection
- Ramphocelus bresilius inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2014.