Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Stilpnia (7 species, 14 worldwide)


Straw-backed Tanager
Straw-backed Tanager (Stilpnia argyrofenges)
  Image Credit: Joseph Smit (1836-1929)
   
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Straw-backed Tanager
Straw-backed Tanager (Stilpnia argyrofenges argyrofenges)
Paredones, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-necked Tanager
Blue-necked Tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis caeruleocephala)
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small relatively common tanager sometimes seen outside of the forest. Usually seen in pairs.

Black-capped Tanager
Black-capped Tanager (Stilpnia heinei) Male
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-capped Tanager
Black-capped Tanager (Stilpnia heinei) Female
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Female looks a bit like the Speckled Tanager.

Golden-hooded Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager (Stilpnia larvata fanny)
Bahia Solano, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Masked Tanager
Masked Tanager (Stilpnia nigrocincta)
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Most similar to the Blue-necked Tanager.

Silver-backed Tanager
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis viridicollis) Male
Machu Picchu, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Silver-backed Tanager
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis viridicollis) Female
Machu Picchu, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Scrub Tanager
Scrub Tanager (Stilpnia vitriolina)
ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small tanager seen outside of the forest. Often seen pecking at windows and mirrors.
Immature.


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