Birds of the World - Ramphocelus


Brazilian Tanager (Ramphocelus bresilia) Male Range: SA: Brazil REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Brazilian Tanager (Ramphocelus bresilia dorsalis) Female Range: SA: Brazil Folha Seca, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo carbo) Male Range: SA: n, w, sc Copalinga, Zamora, Ecuador
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Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) Female or Immature Range: SA: n, w, sc
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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.


Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus molochinus) Male Range: MA, SA: Panama to Colombia and Venezuela ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia
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Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus) Female Range: MA, SA: Panama to Colombia and Venezuela Valle de Anton, Panama
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Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) Male Range: SA: wc Colombia ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia
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Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) Female Range: SA: wc Colombia ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia
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A Colombian endemic species sometimes considered conspecific with the Lemon-rumped Tanager. Variation in color especially in the female may be because of hybridization.
A male hybrid lemon/flame.
Additional photo.


Lemon-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus) Male Range: MA, SA: Panama to Ecuador Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia
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Lemon-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus) Female Range: MA, SA: Panama to Ecuador Farallones National Park, Colombia
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Huallaga Tanager (Ramphocelus melanogaster) Male Range: SA: Peru 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 (Ramphocelus nigrogularis) Female Range: SA: w Amazonia Yarina Lodge, Ecuador The male has a black belly.
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Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis) Male Range: MA: s Mexico to Panama Hacienda Baru, Costa Rica
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Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii passerinii) Male Range: MA: s Mexico to Panama Arenal, Costa Rica
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Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii passerinii) Female Range: MA: s Mexico to Panama Arenal, Costa Rica
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Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis) Female Range: MA: s Mexico to Panama Hacienda Baru, Costa Rica
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In IOC 9.1 Passerini's Tanager and Cherrie's Tanager were merged back into the Scarlet-rumped Tanager. Cherrie's females are more colorful, but males are similar.
Bathing in ashes.


Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus apricus) Range: MA: s Mexico to Panama Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.