Tanagers the second largest family of birds
TÁngaras la segunda familia mÁs grande de aves
A large colorful highly varied family of small to medium sized birds. Both sexes are usually the same size and weight. Some are endemic or near-endemic to the region. Brightly colored, with males being mostly red in the breeding season and females yellow-green. However, some species are black and white. Most tanagers have short, rounded wings. Use their pointed but stout bills to feed on a variety of insects, fruit, petals, and nectar. Most live in pairs or in small familial groups of three or five. Mix with other flocks. Most build cup nests on branches and some are globlular in shape with entrances by the side. May lay 3 to 5 eggs. Both sexes feed the young. Five species have ancestor ‘helpers’ to assist in feeding the young. Some live up to 10 years.
Una familia grande de aves coloridas de tamaño pequeño a mediano. Ambos sexos son del mismo tamaño y peso. Algunas endémicas o casi endémicas. De colores brillantes siendo los machos más coloridos que las hembras. Machos rojos y hembras verdes en algunas especies. Sin embargo, existen especies de colores negro y blanco. De alas cortas y redondeadas. Usan sus picos puntudos para atrapar insectos y picar fruta, principalmente bayas, pétalos y aun nectar. Se encuentran en pares en grupos familiars de 3 a 5. Se mezclan con otras especies sin problema. Construyen sus nidos de diferentes formas con entradas laterales. La hembra pone entre 3 a 5 huevos. Ambos sexos alimentan sus polluelos. Cinco especies tienen ayudantes (hijos anteriores) que cuidan y alimentan a los recién nacidos. Algunos pueden vivir hasta 10 años.
GREEN HONEYCREEPER TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Tángara mielera
Size/Tamaño: 5.5 in | 14 cm
Location: Most of Colombia except the North and the drier Llanos Orientales
Altura: <2200 m
Status:
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
SAFFRON FINCH
Name in Spanish: Canario Coronado
Size/Tamaño: 5.5 in | 14 cm
Location: North of the country and north of Llanos Orientales
Altura: <2800 m
Status: Non endangered
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
BLACK-CAPPED TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Tángara
cabecinegra, Tángara capirotada
Size/Tamaño: 5 in | 13 cm
Location: Andes mountains, Perijá, Santa Marta range
Altura: 500 - 2300 m
Status:
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
BAY-HEADED TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Tángara cabecirrufa
Size/Tamaño: 5.0 in | 13 cm
Location: Andes mountains, Perijá range, Santa Marta range and Amazonian lowlands
Altura: <2700 m
Notes: The adult female is very similar to the male
Status: Non endangered
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
PALM TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Azulejo Palmero
Size/Tamaño: 6.5 in | 16 cm
Location: Most of Colombia
Altura: <2000 m
Status: Non endangered
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
FLAME-RUMPED TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Asoma candela
Size/Tamaño: 6.5-7 in | 17-18 cm
Location: Western Andes and Slopes of Cauca Valley
Altura: 800 - 2000 m
Status: Non endangered
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
CRIMSON-BACKED TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Asoma terciopelo, Asoma pico de plata
Size/Tamaño: 6.75 in | 17.5 cm
Location: North of Colombia, and in the Andes
Altura: <2200 m
Status: Non endangered
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
BLUE-GRAY TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Azulejo común
Size/Tamaño: 6.5 in | 16 cm
Location: Most of Colombia
Altura: <2600 m
Status: Non endangered
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
GolDEN TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Tángara dorada
Size/Tamaño: 5.25 in | 14 cm
Location: Andes Mountains
Altura: 800 - 2500 m
Status: Non endangered
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
SCRUB TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Tángara rastrojera
Size/Tamaño: 5.5 in | 14 cm
Location: Andes mountains and adjacent valleys
Altura: 300 - 2600 m
Status: Near endemic
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
RUFOUS-THROATED TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Tángara barbirrufa
Size/Tamaño: 5.0 in | 13 cm
Location: Western Andes
Altura: 400 - 1800 m
Status:
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
Ixothraupis rufigula
Male ♂︎
SAFFRON-CROWNED TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Tángara cabeciamarilla
Size/Tamaño: 5 in | 13 cm
Location: Andes Mountains
Altura: 1300 - 2200 m
Status: Non endangered
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
GOLDEN-NAPED TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Tángara nuquidorada | diadema roja
Size/Tamaño: 5 in | 13 cm
Location: Andes Mountains
Altura: 1500 - 2800 m
Status: Non endangered
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
BLUE-WINGED MOUNTAIN TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Tángara Primavera
Location: Andes mountains
Altura: 1300 - 2900 m
Status: Non endangered
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
WHITE-LINE TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Parlotero Malcasado, Frutero Chocolatero
Size/Tamaño: 7 in | 18 cm
Location: Dapa, Valle del Cauca, Altura: 1800 m
Status: Non endangered
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
BLACk-WINGED SALTATOR
Name in Spanish: Saltador Alinegro
Size/Tamaño: 8 in | 20 cm
Location: Western and central Andes
Altura: 600 - 2300 m
Status:
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
STREAKED SALTATOR
Name in Spanish: Saltador Pío-judio
Size/Tamaño: 8 in | 20 cm
Location: Andes mountains, north of the country
Altura: <2500 m
Status:
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
Yellow-BELLIED SEEDEATER
Name in Spanish: Espiguero Capuchino
Size/Tamaño: 4.5 in | 11 cm
Location: Andes mountains, Llanos orientales, much of Colombia
Altura: <2200 m
Status:
Photos by: ©Robert Oelman
MASKED FLOWERPIERCER
Name in Spanish: Picaflor de Antifaz
Size/Tamaño: 8 in | 20 cm
Location: San Andres y Providencia, Valle del Cauca, Choco, Antioquia, Sucre and the southwest of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Altura: <2000 - 3500 m
Status:
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
BLACK FLOWERPIERCER
Name in Spanish: Picaflor Negro, Diglosa Negra, Carbonero
Size/Tamaño: 5 in | 13-14 cm
Location: Subtropical zone to Paramo Andes Mountains, Perijá and Santa Marta mountains
Altura: 2175 - 4000 m
Status:
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
BLUE-BLACK GRASSQUIT
Name in Spanish: Espiguero Saltarín, Volatinero Negro
Size/Tamaño: 4 in | 10 cm
Location: Widespread in all of the country
Altura: <2200 m
Status:
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
BANANAQUIT
Name in Spanish: Mielero Común
Size/Tamaño: 4 in | 9.5 - 10 cm
Altura: <2000 m
Status: Most of Colombia bur absent in the Higher Andes and Amazonia
Photos by: ©Luis A. Materón
MULTICOLORED TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Tángara Multicolor
Size/Tamaño: 5 in | 13 cm
Location: Central and western Andes
Altura: < 800 - 2000 m
Status:
Photos by: ©Eduardo Lago V
BLUE-NECKED TANAGER
Name in Spanish: Tángara Real
Size/Tamaño: 5 in | 13 cm
Location: Common in the three Andean ranges
Altura: < 300 - 2500 m
Status:
Photos by: ©Eduardo Lago V
Tangara cyanicollis
Male ♂︎
Tangara cyanicollis
Species of the family Thraupidae to photograph
Species de la familia Thraupidae por fotografiar