Birds of Panama

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Heterospingus (2 species, 2 worldwide)


Sulphur-rumped Tanager
Sulphur-rumped Tanager (Heterospingus rubrifrons)
Veragua Rainforest Park, Limón, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Ariel Fonseca   © All Rights Reserved.

A large greyish lowland tanager with a bright yellow rump.

Scarlet-browed Tanager
Scarlet-browed Tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius berliozi) Male
San Cipriano, Valle de Cauca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Scarlet-browed Tanager
Scarlet-browed Tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius berliozi) Female
Valle de Cauca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A larger tanager. Note female is grey with a yellow rump.


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