TANAGERS   -   THRAUPIDAE   -   PART II

Silvery Tanager Tangara viridicollis fulvigula Abra Patricia, San Martin department, Peru. Male. Also known as Silver-backed Tanager.

Burnished-buff Tanager Tangara cayana chloroptera Sumidouro, Rio de Janiero state, Brazil. Male.		Burnished-buff Tanager Tangara cayana flava Chapada de Diamantina, Bahia state, Brazil. Female.

Scrub Tanager Tangara vitriolina RNA Arrierito Antioqueño, Anorí, Antioquia department, Colombia.

Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis caeruleocephala Shaime, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador.

Speckled Tanager Tangara guttata chrysophrys Rancho Grande, Henri Pittier NP, Aragua state, Venezuela. Note the bright yellow on the face, a useful feature for separating it from similar species in areas of overlap (e.g. the Sierra de Lema in Venezuela).

Opal-rumped Tanager Tangara velia cyanomelaena Estação Veracruz, Porto Seguro, Bahia state, Brazil. The race endemic to the Atlantic Forests of eastern Brazil, which possibly deserves to be a distinct species.

Green-headed Tanager Tangara seledon Folha Seca, São Paulo state, Brazil. A beautiful Atlantic Rainforest endemic. It occurs mainly in Brazil, but also gets into Argentina and Paraguay.

Red-necked Tanager Tangara cyanocephala cyanocephala RPPN Serra Bonita, Camacan, Bahia state, Brazil. Nearly endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest, and often occurs together with the previous species. There is a good new lodge in this reserve!

Brassy-breasted Tanager Tangara desmaresti Macaé de Cima, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. A slightly more localized Atlantic Rainforest endemic, this one only occurs in mountainous regions of SE Brazil.

Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia lavinia(?) Cerro Azul, Panama province, Panama. Probably a juvenile due to the blotchy overall appearance.

Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola toddi Rancho Grande, Henri Pittier NP, Aragua state, Venezuela.

Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii lunigera Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha province, Ecuador.

Golden Tanager Tangara arthus arthus Rancho Grande, Henri Pittier NP, Aragua state, Venezuela. Perhaps the most striking race of this species, with a chestnut vest that is completely lacking in some of the other races.

Emerald Tanager Tangara florida Mirador Rio Blanco, Los Bancos, Pichincha province, Ecuador.

Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala frantzii La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Heredia province, Costa Rica.

Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis viridis Caraça reserve, Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Female.

Turquoise Dacnis Dacnis hartlaubi Reserva Reinita Cielo Azul, Santander department, Colombia. Male. A very localized Colombian endemic. The reason for it's rarity is poorly known since it is not a bird of primary forest. I saw this one in a tall tree in a coffee plantation.

Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana paraguayensis Michelin Forest, Ituberá, Bahia state, Brazil. Male.

Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus pacificus San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador. Male.

Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza exsul Tinalandia, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male.

Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza spiza Rancho Grande, Henri Pittier NP, Aragua state, Venezuela. The two subspecies shown here are virtually identical.

Golden-collared Honeycreeper Iridophanes pulcherrimus pulcherrimus Cabañas San Isidro, Napo province, Ecuador. Male.

Glossy Flowerpiercer Diglossa lafresnayii Yanacocha reserve, Pichincha province, Ecuador. I normally don't like feeder shots, but this one's pretty neat!

Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea cyanea Las Tabias, Mérida state, Venezuela.

Finsch's Euphonia Euphonia finschi Surama village, Potaro-Siparuni region, Guyana. Male. A euphonia nearly endemic to the Guianas, barely getting into adjacent parts of Brazil and Venezuela.

Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa fulvicrissa Canopy Tower, Panama province, Panama. Male.

Olive-backed Tanager Euphonia gouldi praetermissa La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. Male.

Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster exsul Rancho Grande, Henri Pittier NP, Aragua state, Venezuela. Male. An example of one of the northernmost races, which have a chestnut crown. The euphonias and chlorophonias have been transferred into the Fringillidae, but I have not updates the galleries yet.

Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster xanthogaster Reserva Ecologica de Guapi Assu, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Male.

Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster quitensis Mirador Rio Blanco, Los Bancos, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Female.

Chestnut-bellied Euphonia Euphonia pectoralis Hotel do Ypê, Itatiaia NP, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Male.

Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea cyanea Hotel do Ypê, Itatiaia NP, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Male.

Dusky Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus semifuscus semifuscus Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Feeding on Melastome berries. A Chocó Endemic.

Bananaquit Coereba flaveola chloropyga(?) Mello Leitão Museum, Santa Tereza, Espiritu Santo state, Brazil. No one really knows where this familiar bird belongs in the taxonomic order. Often it is but in its own monotypic family, the Coerebidae, but more recently the SACC has labeled it as Incertae Sedis. I'm going to leave it here at the end of the tanagers for now.

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