TANAGERS   -   THRAUPIDAE   -   PART III

Silvery Tanager Tangara viridicollis fulvigula Río Chido trail, San Lorenzo, San Martín department, Peru. Male. Also known as Silver-backed Tanager. (S6)

Black-capped Tanager Tangara heinei Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Male. A common tanager in the northern Andean cloudforest as well as the coastal range of Venezuela. (S6)

Chestnut-backed Tanager Tangara preciosa Intervales State Park, São Paulo state, Brazil. Male. This pretty and aptly-named tanager (check the latin name) is found mainly in the southern Atlantic Rainforest, though it also reaches Uruguay. (S6)

Chestnut-backed Tanager Tangara preciosa Intervales State Park, São Paulo state, Brazil. Male. (S6)

Burnished-buff Tanager Tangara cayana chloroptera Sumidouro, Rio de Janiero state, Brazil. Male. (D3)		Burnished-buff Tanager Tangara cayana flava Chapada de Diamantina, Bahia state, Brazil. Female. (D3)

Scrub Tanager Tangara vitriolina RNA Arrierito Antioqueño, Anorí, Antioquia department, Colombia. (D3)

Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata centralis La Selva OTS, Heredia province, Costa Rica. (S6)

Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis cyanopygia Mirador Rio Blanco, San Miguel de Los Bancos, Pinchincha province, Ecuador. A subspecies endemic to western Ecuador. Its hood is a lighter turquoise color and it has a turquoise rump. (S6)

Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis caeruleocephala Old Loja-Zamora road, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador. (S6)

Rufous-throated Tanager Tangara rufigula Mirador Rio Blanco, San Miguel de Los Bancos, Pinchincha province, Ecuador. Another of the many neat tanagers endemic to the Chocó region of western Ecuador and western Colombia. (S6)

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). (D3)

Yellow-bellied Tanager Tangara xanthogastra xanthogastra Mitú, Vaupés department, Colombia. Occurs in the western half of the Amazon, ranging up into the foothills of the Andes and tepuis. (S6)

Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii vassorii Monteredondo, Meta department, Colombia. (S5)

Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis berlepschi Río Chido trail, San Lorenzo, San Martín department, Peru. (S6)

Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana boliviana Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. Despite its name, this species does not occur anywhere near Mexico. It's restricted to South America. (S6)

Turquoise (White-bellied) Tanager Tangara mexicana brasiliensis RPPN Estação Veracel, Porto Seguro, Bahia state, Brazil. This is a distinctive subspecies endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest of SE Brazil. It is often now considered a separate species, White-bellied Tanager T. brasiliensis; it has been split by the Brazilian Bird Records Committee (CBRO), but has not been considered by the SACC yet. (S6)

Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis chilensis Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. Always a favorite! (S6)

Opal-rumped Tanager Tangara velia iridina Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. (S6)

Opal-rumped Tanager Tangara velia cyanomelaena Estação Veracruz, Porto Seguro, Bahia state, Brazil. The race endemic to the Atlantic Forests of eastern Brazil, with a yellowish forehead and paler underparts, which possibly deserves to be a distinct species. (D3)

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. (D3)

Red-necked Tanager Tangara cyanocephala cyanocephala Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Brazil. Nearly endemic to the Atlantic Rainforest, and often occurs together with the previous species. (S6)

Brassy-breasted Tanager Tangara desmaresti Vale das Taquaras, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. A slightly more localized Atlantic Rainforest endemic, this one only occurs in mountainous regions of SE Brazil. (S5f)		Brassy-breasted Tanager Tangara desmaresti Vale das Taquaras, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The same bird as in the previous shot. (D3)

Gilt-edged Tanager Tangara cyanoventris Chapada Diamantina, Bahia state, Brazil. Like the previous species, this one is endemic to the mountains of SE Brazil. However, it seems more common in the less humid forests in the interior. (S6)

Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia lavinia(?) Cerro Azul, Panama province, Panama. Probably a juvenile due to the blotchy overall appearance. (S2f)

Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola toddi Rancho Grande, Henri Pittier NP, Aragua state, Venezuela. This species is tremendosly variable, to the point where it is hard to fathom how they could all be considered the same species. Compare this photo with the one below. (D3)

Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola catharinae Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. (S6)

Golden-eared Tanager Tangara chrysotis A common resident in subtropical cloudforest on the east slope of the Andes. (S6)

Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala venusta Old Loja-Zamora road, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador. (S5)

Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii lunigera Mirador Rio Blanco, Los Bancos, Pichincha province, Ecuador. Photographed through the window of the restaurant, too close for good digiscoping. (D3)

Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii schrankii Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador. (S6)

Golden Tanager Tangara arthus goodsoni Mirador Rio Blanco, Los Bancos, Pichincha province, Ecuador. A subspecies endemic to western Ecuador, but it is one of the plainer ones, without any rufous on the underparts. (S5)

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. (D3)

Emerald Tanager Tangara florida Mirador Rio Blanco, Los Bancos, Pichincha province, Ecuador. (D3)

Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala icterocephala Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha province, Ecuador. (S6f)