Black-capped tanager

Black-capped tanager
	Male, photographed in northwestern Colombia
	Female, photographed in northwestern Ecuador
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Stilpnia
Species:	S. heinei
Binomial name
	Stilpnia heinei; (Cabanis, 1851)

The black-capped tanager (Stilpnia heinei) is one of the many species of Neotropical bird in the family Thraupidae. It lives in 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.^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b BirdLife International (2018). "Tangara heinei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. IUCN: e.T22722936A132159989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22722936A132159989.en. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
^ Hilty, Steven L.; Brown, William L. (1986). A Guide to the Birds of Colombia. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691083728.

[IUCN-1] BirdLife International (2018). "Tangara heinei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. IUCN: e.T22722936A132159989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22722936A132159989.en. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

[:6-2] Hilty, Steven L.; Brown, William L. (1986). A Guide to the Birds of Colombia. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691083728.

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