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title: "Hooded Tanager"
description: "Nemosia pileata — Birds. The hooded tanager (Nemosia pileata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/hooded-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hooded Tanager

> Nemosia pileata — Birds. The hooded tanager (Nemosia pileata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

- Scientific name: *Nemosia pileata*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1477
- Wikidata: [Q2668130](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2668130)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10648](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10648)

## Names

- en: Hooded Tanager
- de: Schwarzkappentangare
- es: Frutero cabeza negra
- fr: Tangara coiffe-noire
- nl: Kaptangare
- pt: Saíra-de-chapéu-preto
- pl: Polańczyk maskowy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1154), CO (93), AR (51), PE (30), BO (29), PY (29), GY (14), VE (13), GF (7)

## Summary

The hooded tanager (Nemosia pileata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile, Ecuador, and Uruguay.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_tanager

## Photo

![Hooded Tanager](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hooded-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Machadoc · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197020939

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hooded-tanager?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).