Birds of Ecuador - Stilpnia


Straw-backed Tanager (Stilpnia argyrofenges) Image Credit: Joseph Smit (1836-1929)
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Straw-backed Tanager (Stilpnia argyrofenges argyrofenges) Paredones, Bolivia
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Blue-necked Tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis caeruleocephala) ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia
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A small relatively common tanager sometimes seen outside of the forest. Usually seen in pairs.


Black-capped Tanager (Stilpnia heinei) Male ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia
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Black-capped Tanager (Stilpnia heinei) Female ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia
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Female looks a bit like the Speckled Tanager.


Golden-hooded Tanager (Stilpnia larvata fanny) Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia
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Masked Tanager (Stilpnia nigrocincta) Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
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Most similar to the Blue-necked Tanager.


Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis viridicollis) Male Machu Picchu, Peru
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Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis viridicollis) Female Machu Picchu, Peru
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Scrub Tanager (Stilpnia vitriolina) ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia
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A small tanager seen outside of the forest. Often seen pecking at windows and mirrors.
Immature.