Birds of Bolivia

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Conirostrum (6 species, 11 worldwide)


Capped Conebill
Capped Conebill (Conirostrum albifrons centralandium) Male
San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Capped Conebill
Capped Conebill (Conirostrum albifrons centralandium) Female
San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Small and uncommon in mixed canopy flocks, and generally difficult to see well.

Giant Conebill
Giant Conebill (Conirostrum binghami) Near Threatened
Cajas National Park, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in high altitude polylepis forest. Male and female alike.

Cinereous Conebill
Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum cinereum)
Ollantaytambo, Peru
  Cinereous means greyish.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


White-browed Conebill
White-browed Conebill (Conirostrum ferrugineiventre)
Challabamba, Cuzco, Peru
  Found in high altitude polylepis forests.
   
Photograph by Robert Lewis   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in Andean forests at over 2500m.

Blue-backed Conebill
Blue-backed Conebill (Conirostrum sitticolor sitticolor)
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small tanager found from 2500-3500 meters.

Chestnut-vented Conebill
Chestnut-vented Conebill (Conirostrum speciosum speciosum) Male
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Chestnut-vented Conebill
Chestnut-vented Conebill (Conirostrum speciosum speciosum) Female
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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