Birds of Costa Rica

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Ramphocelus (2 species, 9 worldwide)


Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis) Male
Hacienda Baru, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii passerinii) Male
Arenal, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii passerinii) Female
Arenal, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis) Female
Hacienda Baru, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

In IOC 9.1 Passerini's Tanager and Cherrie's Tanager were merged back into the Scarlet-rumped Tanager. Cherrie's females are more colorful, but males are similar.
Bathing in ashes.

Crimson-collared Tanager
Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus apricus)
Bogarin Trail, La Fortuna, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.



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