Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida) - HBW 16, p. 219
French: Calliste émeraude
German: Smaragdtangare
Spanish: Tangara Florida
Taxonomy: Calliste florida P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1869, Costa Rica.
Genetic data indicate that this species is part of a monophyletic group that includes also T. johannae, T. schrankii, T. arthus, T. icterocephala, T. xanthocephala, T. chrysotis and T. parzudakii. Proposed race auriceps (described from Buenavista, in Nariño, in SW Colombia) considered indistinguishable from birds elsewhere in species’ range. The form anchicayae, from mountains above R Anchicayá, in Valle (Colombia), described erroneously as a race of T. schrankii, is now known to be a synonym of present species. Monotypi.. View all taxonomy...
Genetic data indicate that this species is part of a monophyletic group that includes also T. johannae, T. schrankii, T. arthus, T. icterocephala, T. xanthocephala, T. chrysotis and T. parzudakii. Proposed race auriceps (described from Buenavista, in Nariño, in SW Colombia) considered indistinguishable from birds elsewhere in species’ range. The form anchicayae, from mountains above R Anchicayá, in Valle (Colombia), described erroneously as a race of T. schrankii, is now known to be a synonym of present species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and Panama (E from Chiriquí and Veraguas; also Pacific coast in Darién) and Pacific coast of Colombia (S from S Chocó) to NW Ecuador (Imbabura, Esmeraldas and Pichincha).
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A bird with something in the beak Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 2 years ago 17 sec 3.7
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Adult bird feeding in Melastoma sp. ?
Locality Cerro Azul, Chagres National Park, Panama
Tuomas Seimola 18 November 2010 22 weeks ago 3.8 -
Two Emerald and one Scarlet-rumped Tanagers are feeding, in the rain, on a feeding tray at the Arenal Observatory Lodge, close t
Locality Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Cliff Thornley 4 March 2004 15 weeks ago 2.9 -
These birds, Emerald and Blue-grey Tanagers, were coming to a feeder at the Arenal Observatory Lodge near the Arenal volcano, on
Locality Arenal region, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Cliff Thornley 4 March 2004 15 weeks ago 2.3
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