Thraupidae

Chlorophonia cyanea Photo by Dario Sanches (Wikipedia) Common name:blue-naped chlorophonia (en); gaturamo-bandeira (en); organiste à nuque bleue (fr); tangará bonito (es); grünorganist (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This South American species has a highly disjunct distribution, with three main areas of occurrence. One population is found in southern Venezuela, south-western Guyana and marginally into northern Brazil. A second…

Conothraupis speculigera Photo by Nick Athanas (Antpitta) Common name:black-and-white tanager (en); tiê-preto-e-branco (pt); tangara à miroir blanc (fr); tangara albinegra (es); spiegeltangare (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This species breeds in the western slope of the Andes in south-western Ecuador and north-western Peru. They migrate east to winter on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Peruvian Amazonia…

Habia fuscicauda (Photo from Birders Without Borders) Common name:red-throated ant-tanager (en); tiê-de-garganta-vermelha (pt); habia à gorge rouge (fr); tangara hormiguera gorjirroja (es); rotkehl-ameisentangare (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This species is found in Central America, from south-eastern Mexico to Panama and marginaly into northern Colombia.Size:These birds are 17-20 cm long. The males tend to be larger, weighing 37-47…

Piranga rubra Photo by Michel Giraud-Audine (GEPOG) Common name:summer tanager (en); sanhaçu-vermelho (pt); piranga vermillon (fr); piranga roja (es); sommertangare (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This species breeds in the southern United States and northern Mexico and migrates south to winter in Central America, the Caribbean and in South America as far south as northern Brazil, Peru and…

Euphonia hirundinacea Photo by David Welch (David Welch Art) Common name:yellow-throated euphonia (en); gaturamo-de-garganta-amarela (pt); organiste à gorge jaune (fr); fruterito gorjiamarillo (es); schwalbenorganist (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This species is found in Central America, from eastern and south-eastern Mexico down to Costa Rica.Size:These birds are 10-11 cm long and weigh 15 g.Habitat:The yellow-throated euphonia is…

Eucometis penicillata Photo by Ramiro Ramirez (Flickr) Common name:grey-headed tanager (en); pipira-da-taoca (pt); tangara à tête grise (fr); tangara cabecigrís (es); graukopftangare (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This species is found from southern Mexico to Bolivia and central Brazil as far south as Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso do Sul. They are only present east of the Andes…

Tangara punctata Photo by Anselmo d’Affonseca (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:spotted tanager (en); saíra-negaça (pt); calliste syacou (fr); tangara goteada (es); drosseltangare (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily ThraupidaeRange:This species is found in two separate populations in South America, one along the eastern slopes of the Andes, from northern Ecuador to central Bolivia, and another in north-eastern Brazil, the…

Cissopsis leverianus Photo by Octavio Salles (Flickr) Common name:magpie tanager (en); tietinga (pt); tangara pillurion (fr); tangara urraca (es); elstertangare (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily Thraupidae Range:This species is found from Venezuela and southern Colombia down to Bolivia, Paraguay and south-eastern Brazil.Size:These birds are 29-20 cm long and weigh 65-80 g.Habitat:The magpie tanager is found in moist tropical…