Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Ramphocelus (3 species, 9 worldwide)


Silver-beaked Tanager
Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo carbo) Male
Copalinga, Zamora, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Silver-beaked Tanager
Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) Female or Immature
 
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Perhaps the most common tanager in the Amazon. Seen up to 1500m on the eastern Andean slope, and found in all types of habitat usually in pairs.

Huallaga Tanager
Huallaga Tanager (Ramphocelus melanogaster) Male ENDEMIC
Moyobamba, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to the Crimson-backed Tanager found further north. The male is bright red with a silver tanager bill, but has a black belly. Female dull reddish. Restricted to the Mayo and Huallaga valleys.

Masked Crimson Tanager
Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis) Female
Yarina Lodge, Ecuador
  The male has a black belly.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



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