Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Stilpnia (14 species)


Straw-backed Tanager
Straw-backed Tanager (Stilpnia argyrofenges)
Range: SA: Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
  Image Credit: Joseph Smit (1836-1929)
   
Photograph by Prints     Copyright and usage info

Straw-backed Tanager
Straw-backed Tanager (Stilpnia argyrofenges argyrofenges)
Range: SA: Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
Paredones, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Burnished-buff Tanager
Burnished-buff Tanager (Stilpnia cayana chloroptera)
Range: SA: Amazonia and se, sc SA
Ilhabela, Brazil
  The southeast Brazil race is sometimes called the Stripe-bellied Tanager.
   
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

Burnished-buff Tanager
Burnished-buff Tanager (Stilpnia cayana fulvescens) Male
Range: SA: Amazonia and se, sc SA
Guayabetal, Cundinamarca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

This species has a black throat in the southern part of its range. In the northern part of its range it looks very similar to the mostly Colombian Scrub Tanager, but is found at lower altitudes and has a slightly less defined crown and has slightly different color shades with buff sides and back.

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Lesser Antillean Tanager (Stilpnia cucullata)
Range: NA: Lesser Antilles
   



Blue-necked Tanager
Blue-necked Tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis caeruleocephala)
Range: SA: Amazonia
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small relatively common tanager sometimes seen outside of the forest. Usually seen in pairs.

Black-headed Tanager
Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera whitelyi)
Range: SA: Colombia to Guyana
Mount Ayanganna, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana
  Black-hooded race found in south Venezuela, Guyana and north Brazil.
   
Photograph by Jacob_R_Saucier   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-headed Tanager
Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera cyanoptera) Male
Range: SA: Colombia to Guyana
Magdalena, Colombia
  The colorful subspecies found in north Colombia and north Venezuela.
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-headed Tanager
Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera cyanoptera) Female
Range: SA: Colombia to Guyana
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Barlovento from Venezuela     Copyright and usage info

There are two races of Black-headed Tanager. Those found in north Colombia and north Venezuela have a yellow body and blue on the wings. Those in south Venezuela have a grey body and black wings, and are sometimes called the Black-hooded Tanager.

Black-capped Tanager
Black-capped Tanager (Stilpnia heinei) Male
Range: SA: Venezuela to Ecuador
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-capped Tanager
Black-capped Tanager (Stilpnia heinei) Female
Range: SA: Venezuela to Ecuador
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Female looks a bit like the Speckled Tanager.

Golden-hooded Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager (Stilpnia larvata fanny)
Range: MA, SA: s Mexico to Ecuador
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Green-capped Tanager
Green-capped Tanager (Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei)
Range: SA: Peru
Sandia, Puno, Peru  
   
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo   © All Rights Reserved.


Masked Tanager
Masked Tanager (Stilpnia nigrocincta)
Range: SA: n, w Amazonia
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Most similar to the Blue-necked Tanager.

Black-backed Tanager
Black-backed Tanager (Stilpnia peruviana) Male
Range: SA: se Brazil
Curitiba, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-backed Tanager
Black-backed Tanager (Stilpnia peruviana) Female
Range: SA: se Brazil
Riviera de São Lourenço , Bertioga, São Paulo , Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Most closely related to the Chestnut-backed Tanager, and sometimes considered conspecific.

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Sira Tanager (Stilpnia phillipsi)
Range: SA: Peru
   


Compare to Silver-backed Tanager. Note male's different throat color.

Chestnut-backed Tanager
Chestnut-backed Tanager (Stilpnia preciosa) Male
Range: SA: e Paraguay, s Brazil, ne Argentina and Uruguay
Santa Catarina, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Chestnut-backed Tanager
Chestnut-backed Tanager (Stilpnia preciosa) Female
Range: SA: e Paraguay, s Brazil, ne Argentina and Uruguay
Urupema, Santa Catarina, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Silver-backed Tanager
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis viridicollis) Male
Range: SA: Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
Machu Picchu, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Silver-backed Tanager
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis viridicollis) Female
Range: SA: Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
Machu Picchu, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Scrub Tanager
Scrub Tanager (Stilpnia vitriolina)
Range: SA: Colombia and Ecuador
ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small tanager seen outside of the forest. Often seen pecking at windows and mirrors.
Immature.


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