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…