Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Thlypopsis (8 species)


Fulvous-headed Tanager
Fulvous-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis fulviceps)
Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Fernando Flores     Copyright and usage info


Buff-bellied Tanager
Buff-bellied Tanager (Thlypopsis inornata)
Range: SA: Peru
Shipasbamba, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-chested Tanager
Rufous-chested Tanager (Thlypopsis ornata media)
Range: SA: Colombia to Peru
south, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.

Uniformly orange-yellow but with an oval shaped white area on the belly.

Brown-flanked Tanager
Brown-flanked Tanager (Thlypopsis pectoralis)
Range: SA: Peru
Unchog, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut-headed Tanager
Chestnut-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis pyrrhocoma) Male
Range: SA: e Paraguay, ne Argentina and s Brazil
Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

Chestnut-headed Tanager
Chestnut-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis pyrrhocoma) Female
Range: SA: e Paraguay, ne Argentina and s Brazil
Monteiro Lobato, São Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Rust-and-yellow Tanager
Rust-and-yellow Tanager (Thlypopsis ruficeps) Male
Range: SA: Peru to nw Argentina
Machu Picchu, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Rust-and-yellow Tanager
Rust-and-yellow Tanager (Thlypopsis ruficeps) Female
Range: SA: Peru to nw Argentina
Wayqecha, Peru
  Note warbler-like look and behaviour.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Orange-headed Tanager
Orange-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis sordida chrysopis)
Range: SA: w Amazonia and e, sc SA
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Superciliaried Hemispingus
Superciliaried Hemispingus (Thlypopsis superciliaris nigrifrons)
Range: SA: Venezuela to n Bolivia
Hacienda del Bosque, Manizales, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A thin white brow (and tanager vs. warbler characteristics) differentiates from Citrine Warbler. Generally seen above 3000 meters
Looking for insect in flowers (common behaviour).


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