BLUE-NECKED TANAGER Tangara cyanicollis by Porotón Flowers in Mindo, ECUADOR. Tanager Photo by Peter Wendelken.
BLUE-NECKED TANAGER Tangara cyanicollis. A Blue-necked Tanager is perching next to Porotón flowers - nectar bearing, cup-like flowers of the leguminous tree, Erythrina megistophylla Diels, family Fabaceae. This took place along the Vía Cunuco, about two miles north of Mindo, in northwestern Ecuador at 9:16 AM on August 19, 2018. The tanager has been drinking the nectar of these cup-like flowers.
Endemic to Ecuador, Erythrina megistophylla has flowers adapted to pollination by passerine (perching) birds. We have observed a variety of passerine birds drinking nectar from these flowers as well as a number of hummingbird species. Porotón is one of the common names of this tree species.
The Blue-necked Tanager belongs to the family Thraupidae and is found from Venezuela south to Bolivia and Brazil.
Una Tangara Capuchiazul Tangara cyanicollis se ve al lado de unas flores de un árbol leguminoso Erythrina megistophylla, familia Fabaceae, por la Vía Cunuco unos 4 kilometros al norte de Mindo en el noroeste de Ecuador a las 9 y 16 de la mañana el 19 de agosto de 2018. La tangara bebía el néctar de las flores. Erythrina megistophylla es un árbol endémico a Ecuador.
In Brazil, Tangara cyanicollis bears the common name Saíra-de-cabeça-azul.
For OPTIMAL DETAILED VIEWING of this Blue-necked Tanager, VIEW AT THE GIGANTIC SIZE (2138 x 1150) using the direct Flickr link: www.flickr.com/photos/neotropical_birds_mayan_ruins/49807...
TO SEE MORE THAN 40 SPECIES OF TANAGERS, FLOWERPIERCERS, HONEYCREEPERS and ALLIES PLEASE VISIT MY TANAGER ALBUM (SET) AT www.flickr.com/photos/neotropical_birds_mayan_ruins/album...
BLUE-NECKED TANAGER Tangara cyanicollis by Porotón Flowers in Mindo, ECUADOR. Tanager Photo by Peter Wendelken.
BLUE-NECKED TANAGER Tangara cyanicollis. A Blue-necked Tanager is perching next to Porotón flowers - nectar bearing, cup-like flowers of the leguminous tree, Erythrina megistophylla Diels, family Fabaceae. This took place along the Vía Cunuco, about two miles north of Mindo, in northwestern Ecuador at 9:16 AM on August 19, 2018. The tanager has been drinking the nectar of these cup-like flowers.
Endemic to Ecuador, Erythrina megistophylla has flowers adapted to pollination by passerine (perching) birds. We have observed a variety of passerine birds drinking nectar from these flowers as well as a number of hummingbird species. Porotón is one of the common names of this tree species.
The Blue-necked Tanager belongs to the family Thraupidae and is found from Venezuela south to Bolivia and Brazil.
Una Tangara Capuchiazul Tangara cyanicollis se ve al lado de unas flores de un árbol leguminoso Erythrina megistophylla, familia Fabaceae, por la Vía Cunuco unos 4 kilometros al norte de Mindo en el noroeste de Ecuador a las 9 y 16 de la mañana el 19 de agosto de 2018. La tangara bebía el néctar de las flores. Erythrina megistophylla es un árbol endémico a Ecuador.
In Brazil, Tangara cyanicollis bears the common name Saíra-de-cabeça-azul.
For OPTIMAL DETAILED VIEWING of this Blue-necked Tanager, VIEW AT THE GIGANTIC SIZE (2138 x 1150) using the direct Flickr link: www.flickr.com/photos/neotropical_birds_mayan_ruins/49807...
TO SEE MORE THAN 40 SPECIES OF TANAGERS, FLOWERPIERCERS, HONEYCREEPERS and ALLIES PLEASE VISIT MY TANAGER ALBUM (SET) AT www.flickr.com/photos/neotropical_birds_mayan_ruins/album...