Tanagers (Page 3)
- Vocalizations: Tanagers are known for their melodious songs and calls. Each species has distinct vocal patterns used for communication and mating
- Mating Rituals: During mating season, males often display their brightest colors and perform elaborate songs and flights to attract females.
Feeding Habits:
- Foraging: Tanagers typically forage in trees or shrubs, using their strong bills to extract seeds, fruits, and insects. Some species have specialized feeding habits tied to their specific diet.
- Fruit-Eating: Many tanagers are important seed dispersers, contributing to the health and regeneration of their ecosystems.
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Spanish Name: Azulejo Palmero
Size: 7 in | 18 cm
Habitat: Forest borders, palm canopy
Height: <2600 m
Photo: © Luis A. Materon
Olive Palm Tanager (subsp.)
Thraupis (palmarum) palmarum
Spanish Name: Azulejo Palmero
Size: 7 in | 18 cm
Habitat: Forest borders, palm canopy
Height: <2600 m
Photo: © Luis A. Materon
Violaceus Palm Tanager (subsp.)
Thraupis (palmarum) violilavata
Spanish Name: Azulejo palmero
Size: 7 in | 18 cm
Habitat: Forest borders, palm canopy
Height: <1500 m
Photo: © Illustration by Hilary Burn
Black-headed Tanager
Stilpnia cyanoptera
Spanish Name: Tangará Encapuchada
Size: 5 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Humid woodland border
Height: 500-2000 m
Photo: © Louis Bevier eBird S52828032 Macaulay Library ML 151255911
Black-capped Tanager
Stilpnia heinei
Spanish Name: Tangará Capirotada
Size: 5.2 in | 13.2 cm
Habitat: Humid forest border
Height: 1500 - 2400 m
Photo: © Luis A. Materon
Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata
Spanish Name: Tangará Collareja
Size: 5 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Humid forest border
Height: <1200 m
Photo: © Pepe Castiblanco eBird S43131556 Macaulay Library ML 87239311
Blue-necked Tanager
Stilpnia cyanicollis
Spanish Name: Tangara Real
Size: 5 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Humid forest border
Height: 400-2400 m
Photo: © Luis A. Materon
Masked Tanager
Stilpnia nigrocincta
Spanish Name: Tangará Enmascarada
Size: 5 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Humid forest border
Height: <1400 m
Photo: © Andres Vasquez Noboa eBird S70541052 Macaulay Library ML 243997251
Scrub Tanager
Stilpnia vitrolina
Spanish Name: Tangará Rastrojera
Size: 5.5 in | 14 cm
Habitat: Dry bush/scrubby, pastures
Height: 300 - 2500 m
Photo: © Luis A. Materon
Burnished-buff Tanager
Stilpnia cayana
Spanish Name: Tangará Triguera
Size: 5.5 in | 14 cm
Habitat: Bushy, scrubby open areas, ranches
Height: <1600 m
Photo: © Jhon Velasquez eBird S103114978 Macaulay Library ML420476021
Blue-and-black Tanager
Tangara vassorii
Spanish Name: Tangará Negriazul
Size: 5 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Wet montane forest border
Height: 2000-3400 m
Photo: © Gustino Lanese eBird S32580535 Macaulay Library ML 40376821
Blue-and-black Tanager
Tangara (vassorii) vassorii
Spanish Name: Tangará Negriazul
Size: 5 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Humid and wet montane forest border
Height: 2000-3400 m
Photo: © Illustration by Hilary Burn
Beryl -spangled Tanager
Tangara nigroviridis
Spanish Name:Tangará Berlina
Size: 5 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Humid montane forest border
Height: 1200-2800 m
Photo: © Andres Vasquez Noboa eBird S89165927 Macaulay Library ML 343185251
Green-naped Tanager
Tangara fucosa
Spanish Name: Tangará Nuquiverde
Size: 5 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Humid montane forest border
Height: 700-1600 m
Photo: © Joshua Vandermeulen eBird S96711148 Macaulay Library ML387148161
Blue-browed Tanager
Tangara cyanotis
Spanish Name: Tangará Cejona
Size: 4.8 in | 12.2 cm
Habitat: Humid montane forest border
Height: 1100-2200 m
Photo: © Brayan Coral Jaramillo eBird S27983531 Macaulay Library ML 25337141
Metallic-green Tanager
Tangara labradores
Spanish Name: Tangará Verdiplata
Size: 5 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Humid montane forest border
Height: 1300-2600 m
Photo: © Sam Woods eBird S109621522 Macaulay Library ML 446885931
Bay-headed Tanager
Tangara gyrola
Spanish Name: Tangará Cabecirrufa
Size: 5.5 in | 14 cm
Habitat: Humid montane forest border
Height: 400-2200 m
Photo: © Luis A. Materon
Bay-and-blue Tanager (subsp.)
Tangara (gyrola) albertinae
Spanish Name: Tangará Cabecirrufa
Size: 5.5 in | 14 cm
Habitat: Humid and wet montane forest border
Height: 400-2200 m
Photo: © Luis A. Materon
Bay-and-green Tanager (subsp.)
Tangara (gyrola) viridissima
Spanish Name: Tangará Cabecirrufa
Size: 5.5 in | 14 cm
Habitat: Humid and wet montane forest border
Height: < m
Photo: © Andres Vasquez Noboa eBird S104564670 Macaulay Library ML 429929121
Rufous-winged Tanager
Tangara lavinia
Spanish Name: Tangará Alirrufa
Size: 5.2 in | 13.2 cm
Habitat: Wet forest border
Height: <800 m
Photo: © Guillermo NAGY Aramacao Tours eBird S79579136 Macaulay Library ML 324934511
Golden-eared Tanager
Tangara chrysotis
Spanish Name: Tangará Pechirrufa
Size: 5.5 in | 14 cm
Habitat: Humid montane forest border
Height: 1100 - 2400 m
Photo: © Luke Seitz eBird S51404632 Macaulay Library ML 134847971
Saffron-crowned Tanager
Tangara xanthocephala
Spanish Name: Tangará Coronada
Size: 5.2 in | 13.2 cm
Habitat: Humid montane forest border
Height: 200-2600 m
Photo: © Maria Cristina Reyes
Flame-faced Tanager
Tangara parzudakii
Spanish Name: Tangará Rubicunda
Size: 5.2 in | 13.2 cm
Habitat: Montane wet forest border
Height: 800-2200 m
Photo: © Ben Lucking eBird S127140690 Macaulay Library ML 543091551
Yellow-faced Tanager (subsp.)
Tangara (parzudakii) lunigera
Spanish Name: Tangará Rubicunda
Size: 5.2 in | 13.2 cm
Habitat: Wet montane forest border
Height: 800- 2300 m
Photo: © Andres Vasquez Noboa eBird S70541052 Macaulay Library ML 243997671
Flame-faced Tanager (subsp.)
Tangara (parzudakii) parzudakii
Spanish Name: Tangará Rubicunda
Size: 5.6 in | 14.2 cm
Habitat: Humid montane forest border
Height: 1500 - 2500 m
Photo: © Justyn Stahl eBird S27124862 Macaulay Library ML 53738821
Blue-whiskered Tanager
Tangara johannae
Spanish Name: Tangará Bigotuda
Size: 5.2 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Humid and wet montane forest border
Height: <1000 m
Photo: © Peter Hawrylyshyn eBird S39347383 Macaulay Library ML 69813281
Green-and-golden Tanager
Tangara schrankii
Spanish Name: Tangará Carinegra
Size: 5.2 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Lowland forest border
Height: <1200 m
Photo: © Brandon Nidiffer eBird S93063736 Macaulay Library ML 393330071
Golden Tanager
Tangara arthus
Spanish Name: Tangará Dorada
Size: 5.3 in | 13.5 cm
Habitat: Humid and wet montane forest border
Height: 900 - 2500 m
Photo: © Luis A. Materon
Western Golden Tanager (subsp.)
Tangara (arthus) aurulenta
Spanish Name: Tangará Dorada
Size: 5.3in | 13.5 cm
Habitat: Humid and wet montane forest border
Height: 900 - 2500 m
Photo: © Alex Luna eBird S73674157 Macaulay Library ML 263232981
Eastern Golden Tanager (subsp.)
Tangara (arthus) arthus
Spanish Name: Tangará Dorada
Size: 5.5 in | 14 cm
Habitat: Humid montane forest border
Height: 800-2500 m
Photo: © Luis A. Materon
Southern Golden Tanager (subsp.)
Tangara (arthus) pulchra
Spanish Name: Tangará Dorada
Size: 5.5 in | 14 cm
Habitat: Humid montane forest border
Height: 800-2300 m
Photo: © Bradley Hacker eBird S31627136 Macaulay Library ML 40668631
Emerald Tanager
Tangara florida
Spanish Name: Tangará Esmeralda
Size: 5.2 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Wet lower montane forest border
Height: 150-1300 m
Photo: © Eduardo Lago V.
Silver-throated Tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Spanish Name: Tangará Amarilla
Size: 5.2 in | 13.2 cm
Habitat: Wet and humid forest border
Height: 300-1200 m
Photo: © Luis A. Materon
Plain-colored Tanager
Tangara inornata
Spanish Name: Tangará Cenicienta
Size: 4.8 in | 12.2 cm
Habitat: Humid forest border
Height: <1200 m
Photo: © Alexander Montero eBird S102564423 Macaulay Library ML 416560331
Turquoise Tanager
Tangara mexicana
Spanish Name: Tangará Turquesa
Size: 5.2 in | 13 cm
Habitat: Humid forest border
Height: <1000 m
Photo: © Claudia Brasileiro eBird S29288746 Macaulay Library ML 87537101
Paradise Tanager
Tangara chilensis
Spanish Name: Tangará Sietecolores
Size: 5.6 in | 14.2 cm
Habitat: Lowland and wet areas
Height: <1400 m
Photo: ©
Opal-crowned Tanager
Tangara callophrys
Spanish Name: Tangará Cejiopalina
Size: 5.6 in | 14.2cm
Habitat: Lowland wet forest border
Height: <800 m
Photo: © Angus Pritchard eBird S46576518 Macaulay Library ML 189944501
Opal-rumped Tanager
Tangara velia
Spanish Name: Tangará Culiopalina
Size: 5.6 in | 14.2 cm
Habitat: Humid lowland forest border
Height: <700 m
Photo: © Kacau OliveiraeBird S33995322Macaulay Library ML 46778841
