Selva Verde – Costa Rica Eco-Lodge Updates

The golden-hooded tanager is among the most striking of the neotropical tanagers, a group of more than 200 species, most with extraordinarily colorful plumages. In common with most other tanagers, this species is not a proficient songster and its vocal repertoire comprises a few coarse rattles and a sharp ‘tsit’.

This tanager, sometimes called ‘golden-masked tanager’, is common in the Selva Verde area, where it occurs primarily in the upper forest canopy and in clearings. However, pairs and small flocks often can be seen in gardens and at fruit feeding stations, where bananas seem to be a particular favorite item. They occur regularly on the Selva Verde grounds.

Golden-hooded tanagers engage in ”cooperative breeding”, a phenomenon in which offspring from previous broods assist their parents in rearing the young of subsequent broods.