Birds of Peru

○   ←   PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)   →
Genus: Thlypopsis (6 species, 8 worldwide)


Buff-bellied Tanager
Buff-bellied Tanager (Thlypopsis inornata)
Shipasbamba, Peru   		   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-chested Tanager
Rufous-chested Tanager (Thlypopsis ornata media)
south, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.
Uniformly orange-yellow but with an oval shaped white area on the belly.

Brown-flanked Tanager
Brown-flanked Tanager (Thlypopsis pectoralis) ENDEMIC
Unchog, Peru   		   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Rust-and-yellow Tanager
Rust-and-yellow Tanager (Thlypopsis ruficeps) Male
Machu Picchu, Peru   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Rust-and-yellow Tanager
Rust-and-yellow Tanager (Thlypopsis ruficeps) Female
Wayqecha, Peru
  Note warbler-like look and behaviour. 		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Orange-headed Tanager
Orange-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis sordida chrysopis)
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Superciliaried Hemispingus
Superciliaried Hemispingus (Thlypopsis superciliaris nigrifrons)
Hacienda del Bosque, Manizales, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
A thin white brow (and tanager vs. warbler characteristics) differentiates from Citrine Warbler. Generally seen above 3000 meters
Looking for insect in flowers (common behaviour).

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