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title: "Orange-headed Tanager"
description: "Thlypopsis sordida — Uccelli. The orange-headed tanager (Thlypopsis sordida) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/orange-headed-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Orange-headed Tanager

> Thlypopsis sordida — Uccelli. The orange-headed tanager (Thlypopsis sordida) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Thlypopsis sordida*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 849
- Wikidata: [Q1042862](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1042862)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9887](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9887)

## Names

- en: Orange-headed Tanager
- de: Orangekopftangare
- es: Tangará gris
- fr: Tangara à tête orange
- nl: Oranjekoptangare
- pt: Saí-canário
- pl: Kapturzyk pomarańczowy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (579), AR (146), PE (42), CO (14), BO (13), EC (10), PY (9)

## Summary

The orange-headed tanager (Thlypopsis sordida) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Native to South America, it is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela, where it inhabits successional vegetation, cerrado, riparian forest, shrub, brush, and open woodland. Males of the species have sandy-gray upperparts, cinnamon to buff underparts, white on the center of the lower breast, belly, and tail, and rufous-orange and yellow heads. Females are similar but duller.
The orange-headed tanager is omnivorous, feeding on insects, spiders, fruit, and seeds. It forages in an…

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

## Photo

![Orange-headed Tanager](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-headed-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Paulo Mascaretti · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/228925849

## Machine access

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