Sooty Capped Bush Tanager

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Bird name: Sooty Capped Bush Tanager
Latin: Chlorospingus pileatus
Other: Frutero copetón (Es)
Family: Emberizidae • Bush Tanagers
Range: Costa Rica, western Panama
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In Panama, the Sooty-Capped Bush Tanager is found only in the western highlands. This individual was seen above 2000m.

The Sooty-Capped Bush Tanager is identified by the large white stripe above the eye, white throat, yellow body, and otherwise sooty head.

Below, the Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager is a small bird …