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Red-capped Cardinal on nest

Red-capped Cardinal is a member of the Tanagers family (Thraupidae), despite the second part of the common name which might lead one to expect it to belong to the Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and relatives family (Cardinalidae). This species is found in much of the Amazon Basin and in other low elevation areas of northwestern South America. This individual was nesting among the branches of a fallen tree on the Cocha Lobo oxbow lake near Los Amigos Biological Station on the Rio Madre de Dios in Peru. I was able to pass quietly by in a small craft paddled by my guide Jose Luis Avendano of Peru Wild Birds, Cusco.

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Uploaded on March 6, 2023
Taken on October 9, 2022