Birds of Peru

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


Slaty Tanager
Slaty Tanager (Creurgops dentatus)
Abra Maruncunca, Puno, Peru  
   
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at mid-altitude Andean forests.

Rufous-crested Tanager
Rufous-crested Tanager (Creurgops verticalis) Female
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found at mid altitude levels in the Andes. Male similar to female, but with small rufous crest.


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