Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Ixothraupis (3 species, 5 worldwide)


Spotted Tanager
Spotted Tanager (Ixothraupis punctata)
 
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-throated Tanager
Rufous-throated Tanager (Ixothraupis rufigula)
Queremal, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.



Yellow-bellied Tanager
Yellow-bellied Tanager (Ixothraupis xanthogastra xanthogastra)
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A typical tangara tanager usually found in canopy with mixed flocks. Compare to Spotted Tanager but note all green head and yellow belly.
From underneath.


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