Local bird sighting - a Palm Tanager visits the bird feeder.. The palm tanager, a small-sized bird known for its olive-green feathers, is one of many local bird species which reside in and around the trees at the zoo. Other local types of birds sighted on the zoo's compound include blue-grey tanagers, carib grackles, banaquits, yellow orioles and hummingbirds including copper-rumped hummingbirds, white-necked jacobins, ruby topaz, little hermits and green-throated mangos. #EmperorValleyZoo | Emp

The bird in the image is the Sayaca Tanager It is a medium-sized South American songbird belonging to the tanager family, Thraupidae. It has a blue-gray body with darker blue wings and a strong bill. This species is a common resident in northeastern, central, and southeastern Brazil, as well as Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina. It occurs in a wide range of open to semi-open habitats and adapts readily to urban environments with some tree cover and fruit supply. Sayaca Tanag

This clip captures a Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon) singing with remarkably **liquid, bell-like phrases** and delicate **fluttering trills** high in the canopy. Shot in 4K to preserve every dappled ray of light and tiny wing-flick, this recording brings you the precise audio textures and subtle neck movements that make this species’ vocalizations so enchanting. If you love authentic field recordings, short wildlife ASMR, or are studying bird vocal behavior, the opening 20 seconds deliver