This all black (male) tanager looks like some of the others in South America, but it is the default in some areas which is true for the Pantanal where I photographed these. Its bill is also significantly larger than the similar Ruby-crowned Tanager. It is sexually dimorphic with the female being a reddish brown color. The white "line" on the shoulder of the male is only visible when it is displaying during breeding season.
Ruby-crowned Tanagers look like White-lined Tanagers and if you don't pay attention can easily be mistaken for a blackbird or cowbird. They inhabit the Atlantic Forest of southeast South America. These photos were taken near Sao Paulo.
The White-shouldered Tanager looks a lot like the White-lined Tanager, but it has a much more obvious big white shoulder patch. It ranges across a large area in Central and South America. All of my photos are from Colombia, a mix from my first two trips.
This widespread tanager of Central and South America is the only member of its genus. My photographs are from the Pantanal in Brazil.
This sleek looking tanager has a couple disjunct populations in South America, one in the Atlantic forests of the southeast and another along the Andes from Peru to Bolivia. I photographed this one near Sao Paulo while we had a one-day stop before proceeding to the Pantanal in Brazil. It is the only member of its genus.
This tanager is the only species in its genus with a name including Hemispingus, all the other seven being called tanagers. It is found in Montane forests from Venezuela down through Bolivia in the Andes of South America. I photographed this one in the Reserva Chinguaza near Bogota, Colombia.
This is apparently a very widespread tanager of South America, but I have only run into it once so far on my trip to the Pantanal in Brazil. It can inhabit a variety of successional habitats including Cerrado or dry scrubland.
A questionable name to say the least. Who thinks of a particular shade of yellow-green when they think of Oleaginous? Not I! This is a high elevation species across the Andes from Venezuela down to Peru. I took the below photo on my second trip to Colombia. The Hemispingus genus contains four species, all of which inhabit the Andes montane forests in northwest South America.
The Hooded Tanager of South America has two disjunct populations, one across the very north coast and another much larger one in the central and southeastern portions. Consequently, it is an abundant and widespread species. I love the piercing yellow eye!
This tanager is interesting because it travels in roving family flocks but if you don't luck into one of the flocks, you will be hard pressed to find one because they don't stay in one area and they are relatively scarce. They are considered Vulnerable per the IUCN criteria. They are a high elevation species from Venezuela down to Peru. We had ours in Colombia.
The White-banded Tanager is also known as the Shrike-like Tanager for obvious reasons. It inhabits Cerrado (dry scrub) in mostly Brazil but also Paraguay and Bolivia. Despite it looking just like a shrike, it is distantly related. This one was photographed in Chapada dos Guimaraes north of the Pantanal.
This tanager is almost a Brazilian endemic but a few have crossed into Paraguay. Their range covers much of Brazil especially in the south and east. This one was photographed in Chapada dos Guimaraes just north of the Pantanal in Brazil.
This tanager of the South American lowlands and scrublands has a huge range in basically any place that is relatively flat. It almost looks more like a saltator than a tanager. It loves the Pantanal in Brazil which is where I saw this one.
There are six species of cardinal in this genus in South America. All of them are a beautiful combination of red, white and black. The Yellow-billed shares a similar range to the Red-crested, being south central South America including the southern Pantanal which is where I photographed these.
This stunning cardinal of southeastern and central South America has been introduced into Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Chile. However, I was pleased to see it in its natural range in the Pantanal in Brazil. This one was coming to the feeders at Pousada Aguape.
The Varied Bunting is a mostly Mexican bird with some incursion into the southwestern United States during breeding season and also some small disjunct populations in Guatemala. I certainly need to improve on my pictures as I only saw them very briefly in Box Canyon, Arizona and the light was poor.
This North American songbird breeds almost entirely in the western United States but also crosses over into southern Canada a bit. The non-breeding range includes much of Mexico. I took the below photos in Colorado in the summer.
This grosbeak of South America can be found along the Andes from Venezuela all the way down to northern Argentina and in non-breeding season can expand throughout the southern Amazon Basin and Pantanal areas in Brazil. I photographed the below photos on my second trip to Colombia.
This grosbeak is mostly found along the Pacific coasts of Ecuador and Peru, but it has a few disjunct populations that live along the north of Colombia and Venezuela and even across in Trinidad and Tobago. I took this photo up in the Santa Marta range on my first trip to Colombia.
This gorgeous cardinal species inhabits the dry scrub forests of the northeast coast of Colombia and also Venezuela. I photographed the below male and female during my first trip to Colombia which was focused on the Guajira Peninsula and the Santa Marta mountains.
This difficult to see Ant Tanager is endemic to the western and central cordilleras in Colombia. It looks very similar to the other Ant Tanagers with the exception of the crest which almost makes it look like a cardinal. We only saw one on our second trip to Colombia.
What a horrible name for a bird! I don't think it looks liver colored at all. These tanagers have some year round populations and others that migrate to breed in the United States southwest or northern Mexico. Their year round range includes all of Mexico and some of Central America. My first photo at the bottom was taken at Mt. Ord in Arizona and the one on top was taken at the Madera Canyon feeders.
This South American warbler is almost a Colombian endemic but has some limited crossover into Venezuela. There are some subspecies for this one including one with a white face which is found further east. We saw both of these sub-species on my second trip to Colombia.
The Yellow-crowned Redstart also called the Yellow-crowned Whitestart or even the Santa Marta Whitestart is endemic to the Santa Marta range in northeastern Colombia. I think I didn't realize it at the time and was distracted by a Plushcap so I only obtained this poor picture. Hopefully I have another chance in the future.
This is a sought after warbler in the United States southwest during breeding season where it can be found at higher elevations. Most of the year it is in Mexico and Central America, but during breeding season, they can be found in southeastern Arizona which is where I got mine, up the mountain from Madera Canyon.
The Black-crested Warbler is a montane forest species of South America along the Andes from Venezuela to Peru. My below photos are from two different days in Colombia.
This yellowish warbler has several disjunct populations in northern and central South America. I took the below photo in the southern Pantanal in Brazil.
Citrine Warbler is a high elevation non-migratory warbler of the Andes mountains from Venezuela to Bolivia. My photo stinks so I am hoping I run into another soon.
This is yet another of the Colombian endemics that are restricted to the Santa Marta mountains. And what a beautiful one at that!
