Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Tawny-crested Tanager (Tachyphonus delatrii) - HBW 16, p. 179
French: Tangara de Delattre
German: Schwarzachseltangare
Spanish: Tangara de Delattre
Taxonomy: Tachyphonus Delatrii Lafresnaye, 1847, Buenaventura, south-west Colombia.
Colour and size of coronal patch variable, but not in any seemingly systematic way, and naming of geographical races unwarranted. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Honduras S on Caribbean coast to Panama (sight record also in Veraguas, on Pacific slope of Panama), and from Colombia (N base of W & C Andes E to middle Magdalena Valley) S on Pacific coast to NW Ecuador (Esmeraldas and Pichincha), also Gorgona I, in Colombia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
-
A bird seen from above Locality Río Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 2 years ago 10 sec 3.5 -
Two birds feeding high in fruiting trees Locality La Mesi, El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama (ssp delatrii)
Dave Jackson 10 April 2007 4 years ago 15 sec 3.3 -
Brief shots of a bird moving around in a tree Locality Jocotoco Foundation’s Canandé Station, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
Keith Blomerley 20 November 2009 2 years ago 14 sec 3
-
male on a branch
Locality Rio Claro Reserve, Doradal, Antioquía Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 18 April 2011 40 weeks ago 2 -
Male in understory
Locality Jocotoco Foundation’s Canandé Station, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 12 January 2010 2 years ago 2
-
Calls given by a group of birds moving through the forest understory. Locality Playa de Oro, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 25 November 2008 2 years ago 4
Email this page