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Typical” colorful Tanagers – Genus Thraupis and Genus Tangara
- Range: Occur naturally in Central and South America.
- Species: Combined about 60 species – amongst them the most spectacular birds of the world.
Dacnis – Genus: Dacnis / Photos
- Range: Central and South America.
- Species: White-bellied Dacnis, Black-faced Dacnis, Yellow-tufted Dacnis, Yellow-bellied Dacnis, Black-legged Dacnis, Scarlet-thighed Dacnis, Blue Dacnis, Viridian Dacnis, Scarlet-breasted Dacnis, Turquoise Dacnis
Mountain Tanagers – Genus: Anisognathus / Photos
- Range: South America
- Species: Santa Marta Mountain-tanager, Mountain-tanager or “Lachrymose” Mountain-Tanager”, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager, Blue-winged Mountain-tanager, Black-chinned Mountain-tanager
Honeycreepers – Genus: Nitidus
- Range: Tropical New World from Mexico south to Brazil
- Species: Short-billed Honeycreeper, Shining Honeycreeper, Purple Honeycreeper, Red-legged Honeycreeper, Turquoise Honeycreeper
Grass-Finches – Genus: Emberizoides
- Range: Central and South America
- Species: Wedge-tailed Grass-finch, Duida Grass-finch, Lesser (or Grey-cheeked) Grass-finch
Shrike-tanagers – Genus: Lanio
- Range: Mexico, Central and South America
- Species: Fulvous Shrike-tanager, White-winged Shrike-tanager, Black-throated Shrike-tanager, White-throated Shrike-tanager
Bush-Tanagers – Genus: Chlorospingus
- Disputed Taxonomy: Traditionally placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae); however, recent studies, suggest that they are closely related to the genus Arremonops in the Emberizidae family (Buntings and American sparrows)
- Range: Central and South America
- Species: Common or Brown-headed Bush-tanager, Dusky-headed Bush-tanager, White-fronted Bush-tanager, Dwight’s Bush-tanager, Wetmore’s Bush-tanager, Tacarcuna Bush-tanager, Pirre Bush-tanager, Dusky Bush-tanager, Sooty-capped Bush-tanager, Yellow-whiskered Bush-tanager or Short-billed Bush-tanager, Yellow-throated Bush-tanager, Yellow-green Bush-tanager, Ashy-throated Bush-tanager
Flowerpiercers – Genera: Diglossa and Diglossopis
- Range: Central and South America
- Named for their habit of piercing the base of flowers to access the nectar inside.
Blue Finches or Yellow-billed Finches – Genus: Porphyrospiza
- Range: North-east and central Brazil
- Monotypic (only one species)
Typical Seedeaters – Genus: Sporophila
- Range: Central and South America
- Variable Seedeaters (Sporophila corvina)
Azure-rumped or Cabanis Tanagers (Tangara cabanisi)
Black-and-white Tanager (Conothraupis speculigera)
Black and Yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelaena)
Black-crowned Palm Tanager (Phaenicophilus palmarum)
Brown Tanager (Orchesticus abeillei)
Cherrie’s Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis)
Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus)
Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus)
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii)
Fawn-breasted Tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota)
Flame-colored Tanager aka Striped Tanager, Swainson’s Tanager (Piranga bidentata) – NOTE: Now classified as a cardinal
Glistening-green Tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis)
Grass Green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii)
Gray-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata)
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava)
Lemon-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus icteronotus)
Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
Magpie Tanager (Cissopis leveriana)
Mourning Sierra Finch (Phrygilus fruticeti)
Multicolored Tanager (Chlorochrysa nitidissima)
Olive-green Tanager (Orthogonys chloricterus)
Olive Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli)
Orange-eared Tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea)
Orange-headed Tanager (Thlypopsis sordida)
Passerini’s Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)
Puerto Rican Tanager (Nesospingus speculiferus)
Red-billed Pied Tanager (Lamprospiza melanoleuca)
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Scarlet-throated Tanager (Compsothraupis loricata)
Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)
Stripe-headed Tanager (Spindalis zena – Western Spindalis)
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis)
Tawny-crested Tanager (Tachyphonus delatrii)
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
White-capped Tanager (Sericossypha albocristata)
White-banded Tanager (Neothraupis fasciata)
White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus)
White-rumped Tanager (Cypsnagra hirundinacea)
White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)
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