Male Cherrie's Tanager Portrait (Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis)
San Vito
Costa Rica
Wilson Botanical Garden
Cherrie's tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. This bird was formerly known as the scarlet-rumped tanager, but was split as a separate species from the Caribbean form, which was itself renamed as Passerini's tanager, Ramphocelus passerinii.). It was lumped back into the scarlet-rumped tanager in 2018.
The adult Cherrie's tanager is 16 cm (6.3 in) long and weighs 31 g (1.1 oz).
Cherrie's tanagers occur in pairs, small groups, or as part of a mixed-species feeding flock, and up to a dozen birds may roost together in dense thickets at night. This species feeds on small fruit, usually swallowed whole, insects and spiders.
Cherrie's tanager's call is a sharp wac. Its song consists of a few clear pleasant notes, delivered in longer phrases than that of its Caribbean relative. – Wikipedia
Male Cherrie's Tanager Portrait (Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis)
San Vito
Costa Rica
Wilson Botanical Garden
Cherrie's tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. This bird was formerly known as the scarlet-rumped tanager, but was split as a separate species from the Caribbean form, which was itself renamed as Passerini's tanager, Ramphocelus passerinii.). It was lumped back into the scarlet-rumped tanager in 2018.
The adult Cherrie's tanager is 16 cm (6.3 in) long and weighs 31 g (1.1 oz).
Cherrie's tanagers occur in pairs, small groups, or as part of a mixed-species feeding flock, and up to a dozen birds may roost together in dense thickets at night. This species feeds on small fruit, usually swallowed whole, insects and spiders.
Cherrie's tanager's call is a sharp wac. Its song consists of a few clear pleasant notes, delivered in longer phrases than that of its Caribbean relative. – Wikipedia