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Tanager

Tanagers

Scarlet Tanager

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae

Genera

many: see text

The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly coloured.

They are seedeaters, but their preference tends towards fruit and nectar. Most have short, rounded wings.

Species list

Family: Thraupidae

Genus Conirostrum , the conebills[?]
- Chestnut-vented Conebill, Conirostrum speciosum
- White-eared Conebill, Conirostrum leucogenys
- Bicolored Conebill, Conirostrum bicolor
- Pearly-breasted Conebill, Conirostrum margaritae
- Cinereous Conebill, Conirostrum cinereum
- Tamarugo Conebill, Conirostrum tamarugense
- White-browed Conebill, Conirostrum ferrugineiventre
- Rufous-browed Conebill, Conirostrum rufum
- Blue-backed Conebill, Conirostrum sitticolor
- Capped Conebill, Conirostrum albifrons
Genus Oreomanes
- Giant Conebill, Oreomanes fraseri
- Brown Tanager, Orchesticus abeillei
Genus Schistochlamys
- Cinnamon Tanager, Schistochlamys ruficapillus
- Black-faced Tanager, Schistochlamys melanopis
Genus Neothraupis
- White-banded Tanager, Neothraupis fasciata
Genus Cypsnagra
- White-rumped Tanager, Cypsnagra hirundinacea
Genus Conothraupis
- Black-and-white Tanager, Conothraupis speculigera
- Cone-billed Tanager, Conothraupis mesoleuca
Genus Cissopis
- Magpie Tanager, Cissopis leveriana
Genus Lamprospiza
- Red-billed Pied Tanager, Lamprospiza melanoleuca
Genus Chlorornis
- Grass-green Tanager, Chlorornis riefferii
Genus Compsothraupis
- Scarlet-throated Tanager, Compsothraupis loricata
Genus
- White-capped Sericossypha Tanager, Sericossypha albocristata
Genus Nesospingus
- Puerto Rican Tanager, Nesospingus speculiferus
Genus Chlorospingus , the bush-tanagers[?]
- Common Bush-Tanager, Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
- Tacarcuna Bush-Tanager, Chlorospingus tacarcunae
- Pirre Bush-Tanager, Chlorospingus inornatus
- Dusky Bush-Tanager, Chlorospingus semifuscus
- Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager, Chlorospingus pileatus
- Short-billed Bush-Tanager, Chlorospingus parvirostris
- Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager, Chlorospingus flavigularis
- Yellow-green Bush-Tanager, Chlorospingus flavovirens
- Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager, Chlorospingus canigularis
Genus Cnemoscopus
- Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager, Cnemoscopus rubrirostris
Genus Hemispingus , the hemispinguses[?]
- Black-capped Hemispingus, Hemispingus atropileus
- Orange-browed Hemispingus, Hemispingus calophrys
- Parodi's Hemispingus, Hemispingus parodii
- Superciliaried Hemispingus, Hemispingus superciliaris
- Gray-capped Hemispingus, Hemispingus reyi
- Oleaginous Hemispingus, Hemispingus frontalis
- Black-eared Hemispingus, Hemispingus melanotis
- Slaty-backed Hemispingus, Hemispingus goeringi
- Rufous-browed Hemispingus, Hemispingus rufosuperciliaris
- Black-headed Hemispingus, Hemispingus verticalis
- Drab Hemispingus, Hemispingus xanthophthalmus
- Three-striped Hemispingus, Hemispingus trifasciatus
Genus Pyrrhocoma
- Chestnut-headed Tanager, Pyrrhocoma ruficeps
Genus Thlypopsis
- Fulvous-headed Tanager, Thlypopsis fulviceps
- Rufous-chested Tanager, Thlypopsis ornata
- Brown-flanked Tanager, Thlypopsis pectoralis
- Orange-headed Tanager, Thlypopsis sordida
- Buff-bellied Tanager, Thlypopsis inornata
- Rust-and-yellow Tanager, Thlypopsis ruficeps
Genus Hemithraupis
- Guira Tanager, Hemithraupis guira
- Rufous-headed Tanager, Hemithraupis ruficapilla
- Yellow-backed Tanager, Hemithraupis flavicollis
Genus Chrysothlypis
- Black-and-yellow Tanager, Chrysothlypis chrysomelaena
- Scarlet-and-white Tanager, Chrysothlypis salmoni
Genus Nemosia
- Hooded Tanager, Nemosia pileata
- Cherry-throated Tanager, Nemosia rourei
Genus Phaenicophilus , the palm-tanagers[?]
- Black-crowned Palm-Tanager, Phaenicophilus palmarum
- Gray-crowned Palm-Tanager, Phaenicophilus poliocephalus
Genus Calyptophilus , the chat-tanagers[?]
- Western Chat-Tanager, Calyptophilus tertius
- Eastern Chat-Tanager, Calyptophilus frugivorus
Genus Rhodinocichla
- Rosy Thrush-Tanager, Rhodinocichla rosea
Genus Mitrospingus
- Dusky-faced Tanager, Mitrospingus cassinii
- Olive-backed Tanager, Mitrospingus oleagineus
Genus Chlorothraupis
- Olive Tanager, Chlorothraupis carmioli
- Lemon-spectacled Tanager, Chlorothraupis olivacea
- Ochre-breasted Tanager, Chlorothraupis stolzmanni
Genus Rhodinocichla Orthogonys
- Olive-green Tanager, Orthogonys chloricterus
Genus Eucometis
- Gray-headed Tanager, Eucometis penicillata
Genus Lanio , the shrike-tanagers[?]
- Fulvous Shrike-Tanager, Lanio fulvus
- White-winged Shrike-Tanager, Lanio versicolor
- Black-throated Shrike-Tanager, Lanio aurantius
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager, Lanio leucothorax
Genus Creurgops
- Rufous-crested Tanager, Creurgops verticalis
- Slaty Tanager, Creurgops dentata
Genus Heterospingus
- Sulphur-rumped Tanager, Heterospingus rubrifrons
- Scarlet-browed Tanager, Heterospingus xanthopygius
Genus Tachyphonus
- Flame-crested Tanager, Tachyphonus cristatus
- Yellow-crested Tanager, Tachyphonus rufiventer
- Fulvous-crested Tanager, Tachyphonus surinamus
- White-shouldered Tanager, Tachyphonus luctuosus
- Tawny-crested Tanager, Tachyphonus delatrii
- Ruby-crowned Tanager, Tachyphonus coronatus
- White-lined Tanager, Tachyphonus rufus
- Red-shouldered Tanager, Tachyphonus phoenicius
Genus Trichothraupis
- Black-goggled Tanager, Trichothraupis melanops
Genus Habia , the ant-tanagers[?]
- Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, Habia rubica
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager, Habia fuscicauda
- Sooty Ant-Tanager, Habia gutturalis
- Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager, Habia atrimaxillaris
- Crested Ant-Tanager, Habia cristata
Genus Piranga
- Rose-throated Tanager, Piranga roseogularis
- Hepatic Tanager, Piranga flava
- Scarlet Tanager, Piranga olivacea
- Summer Tanager, Piranga rubra
- Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana
- Flame-colored Tanager, Piranga bidentata
- White-winged Tanager, Piranga leucoptera
- Red-headed Tanager, Piranga erythrocephala
- Red-hooded Tanager, Piranga rubriceps
Genus Calochaetes
- Vermilion Tanager, Calochaetes coccineus
Genus Ramphocelus
- Crimson-collared Tanager, Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Masked Crimson Tanager, Ramphocelus nigrogularis
- Crimson-backed Tanager, Ramphocelus dimidiatus
- Huallaga Tanager, Ramphocelus melanogaster
- Silver-beaked Tanager , Ramphocelus carbo
- Brazilian Tanager, Ramphocelus bresilius
- Passerini's Tanager, Ramphocelus passerinii
- Cherrie's Tanager, Ramphocelus costaricensis
- Flame-rumped Tanager, Ramphocelus flammigerus
Genus Spindalis , the spindalises[?]
- Western Spindalis, Spindalis zena
- Puerto Rican Spindalis, Spindalis portoricensis
- Hispaniolan Spindalis, Spindalis dominicensis
- Jamaican Spindalis, Spindalis nigricephala
Genus Thraupis
- Blue-gray Tanager, Thraupis episcopus
- Glaucous Tanager, Thraupis glaucocolpa
- Sayaca Tanager, Thraupis sayaca
- Azure-shouldered Tanager, Thraupis cyanoptera
- Golden-chevroned Tanager, Thraupis ornata
- Blue-capped Tanager, Thraupis cyanocephala
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager, Thraupis bonariensis
- Yellow-winged Tanager, Thraupis abbas
- Palm Tanager, Thraupis palmarum
Genus Cyanicterus
- Blue-backed Tanager, Cyanicterus cyanicterus
Genus Bangsia
- Blue-and-gold Tanager, Bangsia arcaei
- Black-and-gold Tanager, Bangsia melanochlamys
- Golden-chested Tanager, Bangsia rothschildi
- Moss-backed Tanager, Bangsia edwardsi
- Gold-ringed Tanager, Bangsia aureocincta
Genus Buthraupis
- Hooded Mountain-Tanager, Buthraupis montana
- Black-chested Mountain-Tanager, Buthraupis eximia
- Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager, Buthraupis aureodorsalis
- Masked Mountain-Tanager, Buthraupis wetmorei
Genus Wetmorethraupis
- Orange-throated Tanager, Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron
Genus Anisognathus
- Santa Marta Mountain-Tanager, Anisognathus melanogenys
- Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager, Anisognathus lacrymosus
- Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Anisognathus igniventris
- Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager, Anisognathus somptuosus
- Black-chinned Mountain-Tanager, Anisognathus notabilis
Genus Stephanophorus
- Diademed Tanager, Stephanophorus diadematus
Genus Iridosornis
- Purplish-mantled Tanager, Iridosornis porphyrocephala
- Yellow-throated Tanager, Iridosornis analis
- Golden-collared Tanager, Iridosornis jelskii
- Golden-crowned Tanager, Iridosornis rufivertex
- Yellow-scarfed Tanager, Iridosornis reinhardti
Genus Thraupis Dubusia
- Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager, Dubusia taeniata
Genus Delothraupis
- Chestnut-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Delothraupis castaneoventris
Genus Pipraeidea
- Fawn-breasted Tanager, Pipraeidea melanonota
Genus Euphonia , the euphonias[?]
- Jamaican Euphonia, Euphonia jamaica
- Plumbeous Euphonia, Euphonia plumbea
- Scrub Euphonia, Euphonia affinis
- Purple-throated Euphonia, Euphonia chlorotica
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia, Euphonia luteicapilla
- Trinidad Euphonia, Euphonia trinitatis
- Velvet-fronted Euphonia, Euphonia concinna
- Orange-crowned Euphonia, Euphonia saturata
- Finsch's Euphonia, Euphonia finschi
- Violaceous Euphonia, Euphonia violacea
- Thick-billed Euphonia, Euphonia laniirostris
- Yellow-throated Euphonia, Euphonia hirundinacea
- Green-chinned Euphonia, Euphonia chalybea
- Elegant Euphonia, Euphonia elegantissima
- Antillean Euphonia, Euphonia musica
- Golden-rumped Euphonia, Euphonia cyanocephala
- Spot-crowned Euphonia, Euphonia imitans
- Fulvous-vented Euphonia, Euphonia fulvicrissa
- Olive-backed Euphonia, Euphonia gouldi
- Bronze-green Euphonia, Euphonia mesochrysa
- White-lored Euphonia , Euphonia chrysopasta
- White-vented Euphonia, Euphonia minuta
- Tawny-capped Euphonia, Euphonia anneae
- Orange-bellied Euphonia, Euphonia xanthogaster
- Rufous-bellied Euphonia, Euphonia rufiventris
- Golden-sided Euphonia, Euphonia cayennensis
- Chestnut-bellied Euphonia, Euphonia pectoralis
Genus Chlorophonia , the chlorophonias[?]
- Yellow-collared Chlorophonia, Chlorophonia flavirostris
- Blue-naped Chlorophonia, Chlorophonia cyanea
- Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia, Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys
- Blue-crowned Chlorophonia, Chlorophonia occipitalis
- Golden-browed Chlorophonia, Chlorophonia callophrys
- Glistening-green Tanager, Chlorochrysa phoenicotis
- Orange-eared Tanager, Chlorochrysa calliparaea
- Multicolored Tanager, Chlorochrysa nitidissima
Genus Tangara
- Plain-colored Tanager, Tangara inornata
- Turquoise Tanager, Tangara mexicana
- Azure-rumped Tanager, Tangara cabanisi
- Gray-and-gold Tanager, Tangara palmeri
- Paradise Tanager, Tangara chilensis
- Seven-colored Tanager, Tangara fastuosa
- Green-headed Tanager, Tangara seledon
- Red-necked Tanager, Tangara cyanocephala
- Brassy-breasted Tanager, Tangara desmaresti
- Gilt-edged Tanager, Tangara cyanoventris
- Blue-whiskered Tanager, Tangara johannae
- Green-and-gold Tanager, Tangara schrankii
- Emerald Tanager, Tangara florida
- Golden Tanager, Tangara arthus
- Silver-throated Tanager, Tangara icterocephala
- Golden-eared Tanager, Tangara chrysotis
- Saffron-crowned Tanager, Tangara xanthocephala
- Flame-faced Tanager, Tangara parzudakii
- Yellow-bellied Tanager, Tangara xanthogastra
- Spotted Tanager, Tangara punctata
- Speckled Tanager, Tangara guttata
- Dotted Tanager, Tangara varia
- Rufous-throated Tanager, Tangara rufigula
- Bay-headed Tanager, Tangara gyrola
- Rufous-winged Tanager, Tangara lavinia
- Burnished-buff Tanager, Tangara cayana
- Black-backed Tanager, Tangara peruviana
- Lesser Antillean Tanager, Tangara cucullata
- Chestnut-backed Tanager, Tangara preciosa
- Scrub Tanager, Tangara vitriolina
- Green-capped Tanager, Tangara meyerdeschauenseei
- Rufous-cheeked Tanager, Tangara rufigenis
- Golden-naped Tanager, Tangara ruficervix
- Metallic-green Tanager, Tangara labradorides
- Blue-browed Tanager, Tangara cyanotis
- Blue-necked Tanager, Tangara cyanicollis
- Golden-hooded Tanager, Tangara larvata
- Masked Tanager, Tangara nigrocincta
- Spangle-cheeked Tanager, Tangara dowii
- Green-naped Tanager, Tangara fucosa
- Beryl-spangled Tanager, Tangara nigroviridis
- Blue-and-black Tanager, Tangara vassorii
- Black-capped Tanager, Tangara heinei
- Sira Tanager, Tangara phillipsi
- Silver-backed Tanager, Tangara viridicollis
- Straw-backed Tanager, Tangara argyrofenges
- Black-headed Tanager, Tangara cyanoptera
- Opal-rumped Tanager, Tangara velia
- Opal-crowned Tanager, Tangara callophrys
Genus Iridophanes
- Golden-collared Honeycreeper, Iridophanes pulcherrima
Genus Pseudodacnis
- Turquoise Dacnis-Tanager, Pseudodacnis hartlaubi
Genus Dacnis , the dacnises[?]
- White-bellied Dacnis, Dacnis albiventris
- Black-faced Dacnis, Dacnis lineata
- Yellow-bellied Dacnis, Dacnis flaviventer
- Black-legged Dacnis, Dacnis nigripes
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis, Dacnis venusta
- Blue Dacnis, Dacnis cayana
- Viridian Dacnis, Dacnis viguieri
- Scarlet-breasted Dacnis, Dacnis berlepschi
Genus Chlorophanes
- Green Honeycreeper, Chlorophanes spiza
Genus Cyanerpes , the honeycreepers[?]
- Short-billed Honeycreeper, Cyanerpes nitidus
- Shining Honeycreeper, Cyanerpes lucidus
- Purple Honeycreeper, Cyanerpes caeruleus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper, Cyanerpes cyaneus
Genus Xenodacnis
- Tit-like Dacnis, Xenodacnis parina
Genus Tersina
- Swallow-Tanager, Tersina viridis
Genus Catamblyrhynchus
- Plush-capped Finch, Catamblyrhynchus diadema
Genus Oreothraupis
- Tanager Finch, Oreothraupis arremonops
Genus Urothraupis
- Black-backed Bush-Tanager, Urothraupis stolzmanni
Genus Nephelornis
- Pardusco Nephelornis oneilli

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