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title: "Saffron-crowned Tanager"
description: "Tangara xanthocephala — Uccelli. The saffron-crowned tanager (Tangara xanthocephala) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/saffron-crowned-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Saffron-crowned Tanager

> Tangara xanthocephala — Uccelli. The saffron-crowned tanager (Tangara xanthocephala) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Tangara xanthocephala*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 978
- Wikidata: [Q645658](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q645658)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9554](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9554)

## Names

- en: Saffron-crowned Tanager
- de: Gelbkopftangare
- es: Tangara coronigualda
- fr: Calliste à tête dorée
- nl: Geelkoptangare
- pl: Tangarka żółtoucha

## Countries with the most observations

CO (395), PE (279), EC (187), BO (59), VE (3)

## Summary

The saffron-crowned tanager (Tangara xanthocephala) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Found in the northern Andes of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, it inhabits cloud forest, forest edges, and secondary forest, preferring areas with mossy trees. It is an average-sized species of tanager with a blue-green body and yellow head with a black forecrown, lores, orbital area, and chin.
It forages in pairs or small groups of 3–7 individuals that are part of mixed-species flocks. It is the most frugivorous species in the genus Tangara, although it also feeds on insects. It forms breeding pairs…

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

## Photo

![Saffron-crowned Tanager](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/saffron-crowned-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144805154

## Machine access

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