Birds of Colombia - Chlorospingus


Ashy-throated Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus canigularis) Minga Ecolodge, Cali, Colombia Note yellow chest band, dark eyes, thin bill with light lower mandible, and light-colored belly.

Uncommon, and usually high and difficult to see. Note lack of white mark behind the eye present in almost all races of very similar [Common Bush Tanager]. Head grey in South America, but olive in Central America.


Yellow-throated Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus flavigularis marginatus) ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia

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Common Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus flavopectus) Costa Rica


Common Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus flavopectus nigriceps) La Romera, Itagui, Antioquia, Colombia The nigriceps subspecies has a black head and does not have a white spot behind the eye, and is often mistaken for the [Ashy-throated Bush Tanager] (Chlorospingus canigularis)

Common at mid elevations (1200-2400m). Note differences with white spot behind eye, and shades of color in head and throat across large range.


Pirre Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus inornatus) Darien National Park, Panama

Cerro Pirre {endemic} species.


Yellow-whiskered Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus parvirostris huallagae) Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Brayan Coral Jaramillo © All Rights Reserved.

Also called Short-billed Bush Tanager. Similar to [Yellow-throated Bush Tanager], but central part of throat is white. Note white eye.


Dusky Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus semifuscus livingstoni) ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia

Typical Bush Tanager. Joins mixed flocks. Birds closer to Ecuador have red eyes, while birds in Colombia have light eye.
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Tacarcuna Bush Tanager (Chlorospingus tacarcunae)