Birds of Costa Rica

    PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae (Cardinals & Allies)  
Genus: Piranga (6 species, 11 worldwide)


Flame-colored Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata citrea) Male
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Flame-colored Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata citrea) Female
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


White-winged Tanager
White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera venezuelae)
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Fernando Flores     Copyright and usage info

White-winged Tanager
White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera ardens) Female
Refugio los Volcanes, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Rare

Western Tanager
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
  Photo credit: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS.
   
Photograph by U.S. Government employee (see below)     Copyright and usage info

Western Tanager
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) Female
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California,  
   
Photograph by Aaron Maizlish     Copyright and usage info


Tooth-billed Tanager
Tooth-billed Tanager (Piranga lutea desidiosa) Male
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Tooth-billed Tanager
Tooth-billed Tanager (Piranga lutea) Female
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Hepatic Tanager, a non-migratory version of the Summer Tanager. Look for a notch in the bill and a slightly darker and less flesh-colored bill than the Summer Tanager.

Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Male
Hotel Cataratas Rio Celeste, Bijagua, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Female
Zafra Reserva Natural, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) Female
Flor del Loto, Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. Females have darker wings than the similar Summer Tanager. The Scarlet Tanager migrates to south Peru, further south than most.
Additional photo.
A different type of immature male with dark black wings and a yellow body.

Summer Tanager
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Male
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, AnorĂ­, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Summer Tanager
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra) Female
ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern migrant. The immature male is yellow with blotches of red. Female similar to Scarlet Tanager but with lighter yellower wings.
Immature Male


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