Photo of a male hooded tanager, made by Foek Chin Joe in Suriname in 2005. The female lacks the black cap and has more blue-gray, but has the same yellow eyes and legs as the male. The hooded tanagers like the coastal region and can for instance be found in mangroves and on sand ridges, but also in the Cultuurtuin. It is rarely seen in the rest of Suriname. They eat mostly insects, that they search for in trees. This is a sound of the Hooded tanager. An excellent description of the life of the Hooded Tanager can be found at Cornell's site.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest.
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Photos of tanagers and other birds from Suriname, part 8
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