“Typical” colourful Tanagers – Genus Thraupis and Genus Tangara
Typical Tanager Species:
- Range: Occurs naturally in Central and South America.
- Species: Combined about 60 species – amongst them the most spectacular birds of the world.
Tanager Information … Tanager Species Photo Gallery
Listing of Species
Genus Thraupis
- Blue and Yellow Tanager (Thraupis bonariensis)
- Blue-capped Tanager (Thraupis cyanocephala)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Sayaca Tanager (Thraupis sayaca)
- Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas)
Genus Tangara
- Cabanis’s Tanager or Azure-rumped Tanager (Tangara cabanisi)
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis)
- Black-capped Tanager (Tangara heinei)
- Blue-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanicollis)
- Flame-faced Tanager (Tangara parzudakii)
- Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata)
- Golden-naped Tanager (Tangara ruficervix)
- Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)
- Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon)
- Green-and-Gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii)
- Opal-crowned Tanager (Tangara callophrys)
- Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia)
- Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis)
- Plain-colored Tanager (Tangara inornata)
- Rufous-throated Tanager (Tangara rufigula)
- Seven-colored Tanager (Tangara fastuosa)
- Silver-backed Tanager (Tangara viridicollis)
- Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)
- Silvery-breasted Tanager (Tangara velia cyanomelas or Tangara cyanomelas)
- Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
- Sira Tanager (Tangara phillipsi)
- Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii)
- Speckled Tanager (Tangara guttata)
- Spotted Tanager (Tangara punctata)
- Straw-backed Tanager (Tangara argyrofenges)
Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana)
