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title: "Black-capped Tanager"
description: "Stilpnia heinei — Vogels. The black-capped tanager (Stilpnia heinei) is one of the many species of Neotropical bird in the family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-capped-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-capped Tanager

> Stilpnia heinei — Vogels. The black-capped tanager (Stilpnia heinei) is one of the many species of Neotropical bird in the family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Stilpnia heinei*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 2031
- iNaturalist taxon: [979974](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/979974)

## Names

- en: Black-capped Tanager
- de: Schwarzscheiteltangare
- es: Tángara capirotada
- fr: Calliste à calotte noire

## Countries with the most observations

CO (1365), EC (541), VE (6)

## Summary

The black-capped tanager (Stilpnia heinei) is one of the many species of Neotropical bird in the family Thraupidae. It lives in the mountains of Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela year-round. This bird can often be found in open landscapes, alone or in pairs, hiding under branches of trees and bushes. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

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

## Photo

![Black-capped Tanager](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-capped-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196538119

## Machine access

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