Birds of Bolivia

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Stilpnia (6 species, 14 worldwide)


Straw-backed Tanager
Straw-backed Tanager (Stilpnia argyrofenges)
  Image Credit: Joseph Smit (1836-1929)
   
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Straw-backed Tanager
Straw-backed Tanager (Stilpnia argyrofenges argyrofenges)
Paredones, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Burnished-buff Tanager
Burnished-buff Tanager (Stilpnia cayana fulvescens) Male
Guayabetal, Cundinamarca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

This species has a black throat in the southern part of its range. In the northern part of its range it looks very similar to the mostly Colombian Scrub Tanager, but is found at lower altitudes and has a slightly less defined crown and has slightly different color shades with buff sides and back.

Blue-necked Tanager
Blue-necked Tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis caeruleocephala)
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, AnorĂ­, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small relatively common tanager sometimes seen outside of the forest. Usually seen in pairs.

Green-capped Tanager
Green-capped Tanager (Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei)
Sandia, Puno, Peru  
   
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo   © All Rights Reserved.


Masked Tanager
Masked Tanager (Stilpnia nigrocincta)
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Most similar to the Blue-necked Tanager.

Silver-backed Tanager
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis viridicollis) Male
Machu Picchu, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Silver-backed Tanager
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis viridicollis) Female
Machu Picchu, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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