I finally made it back to Colombia for my second visit and again used the guide services of Pablo Florez. I went with my friend Martin Jackson. We visited Inirida on the Orinoco, Santa Marta of course, Guajira Peninsula on the Caribbean coast, and a couple of National Parks around Bogota.
Tanagers are a large New World family of mostly colorful birds. They include seedeaters, conebills, tanagers, flowerpiercers etc. Any birding trip to the tropics will find a large number of them.
Grassquits are tiny finch like tanagers. The males are mostly black and the females dull brownish like sparrows. The 4" male Black-faced Grassquit (Tiaris bicolor) has a black head and breast and brown back.
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| Black-faced Grassquit - male |
The 4" male Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) is solid glossy black.
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| Blue-black Grassquit - male |
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| Glaucous Tanager |
The 6.5" Golden-crowned Tanager (Iridosonrnis rufivertex) is a stunning bird and an easy ID if you see it.
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| Golden-crowned Tanager |
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| Hooded Mountain Tanager |
The 7.5" Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus igniventris) is another wow bird!
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| Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager |
The 5" female Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana) is a green bird with bluish wash on her heaed. The male is blue and black.
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| Blue Dacnis - female |
The 7" female Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) is reddish-brown with a light colored bill. The male is dark red and black.
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| Silver-beaked Tanager - female |
I put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing
David McDonald
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