Birds of Colombia

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Genus: Bangsia (6 species, 6 worldwide)


Blue-and-gold Tanager
Blue-and-gold Tanager (Bangsia arcaei caeruleigularis) Near Threatened
PN Braulio Carrillo, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Gold-ringed Tanager
Gold-ringed Tanager (Bangsia aureocincta) Male Vulnerable ENDEMIC
Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia
  Female similar but blacks replaced by green. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Feeding.

Moss-backed Tanager
Moss-backed Tanager (Bangsia edwardsi)
Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Nigel Eggers   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-green Tanager
Yellow-green Tanager (Bangsia flavovirens) Vulnerable
La Unión, Esmeraldas province, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.
A rare tanager recently moved into the genus Bangsia, which include small but not tiny tanagers who favor very wet habitat.

Black-and-gold Tanager
Black-and-gold Tanager (Bangsia melanochlamys) Vulnerable ENDEMIC
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Found in the rainy belt around 1500-2000m, from PNN Tatama to the ProAves Tangeras reserve.

Golden-chested Tanager
Golden-chested Tanager (Bangsia rothschildi)
Sabaletas, Valle de Cauca, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Found in a narrow altitude band.

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