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title: "Szczotkogłówka"
description: "Eucometis penicillata — Ptaki. The grey-headed tanager (Eucometis penicillata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/gray-headed-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Szczotkogłówka

> Eucometis penicillata — Ptaki. The grey-headed tanager (Eucometis penicillata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

- Scientific name: *Eucometis penicillata*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 2374
- Wikidata: [Q1587130](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1587130)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10698](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10698)

## Names

- en: Gray-headed Tanager
- de: Graukopftangare
- es: Tangara Cabeza Gris
- fr: Tangara à tête grise
- nl: Amazonetangare
- pl: Szczotkogłówka

## Countries with the most observations

CR (467), PA (416), CO (407), BR (321), MX (311), BZ (69), NI (67), GT (43), PE (41), BO (29), EC (23), VE (15)

## Summary

The grey-headed tanager (Eucometis penicillata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in Mexico, every Central American country except El Salvador, and every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, French Guiana, and Uruguay.

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

## Photo

![Szczotkogłówka](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-headed-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Fernando Sessegolo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120803478

## Machine access

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