Scarlet-browed Tanager
Heterospingus xanthopygius
Distinctive tanager found in lowlands and foothills from eastern Panama to northwest Ecuador. Male is black with a bold red stripe behind the eye, a white patch on the side of the breast, and a yellow shoulder and rump that are difficult to see, especially on perched birds. Females are gray overall instead of black and lacks the red eye stripe, but does show white patch on the side of the breast. Pairs or small groups are found in the canopy of forest, edges, and second growth, sometimes perching quite conspicuously. Often follows mixed-species flocks.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Heterospingus xanthopygius
- Authority
- (Sclater, PL, 1855)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Heterospingus
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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Violaceous Euphonia
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Tiny bird with a strong bill and short tail. Males are glossy blue-black above and bright yellow below, including on the throat and forehead. Note the white undertail. Females are olive-green above and olive-yellow below. Found at forest edges and in more open woodlands, shrubby areas, and urban parks. The song includes pieces of other species’s songs with short trills and rattles in between.
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Large, rare tinamou found in cloud forest along the east slope of the Andes. It is uniformly sooty gray, much darker and plainer than Gray Tinamou. Rusty lower underparts are hard to see in the field. Like other forest tinamous, it is far more likely to be heard than seen. Vocalizations include a low, drawn out coo, like a dove’s but longer, and a series of low, modulated whistles.
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