Birds of Brazil

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Genus: Hemithraupis (3 species, 3 worldwide)

A genus of three tanagers with longer thinner bills.


Yellow-backed Tanager
Yellow-backed Tanager (Hemithraupis flavicollis insignis) Male
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Yellow-backed Tanager
Yellow-backed Tanager (Hemithraupis flavicollis) Female
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

From back. The east Andean race has a yellow wing patch.
Female eating bug.

Guira Tanager
Guira Tanager (Hemithraupis guira) Male
ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Guira Tanager
Guira Tanager (Hemithraupis guira) Female
ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-headed Tanager
Rufous-headed Tanager (Hemithraupis ruficapilla) ENDEMIC
Brazil   		   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


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