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Black-and-yellow Tanager

Chrysothlypis chrysomelas

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreForestCup nestTiny · 13 g
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), photo 1
Photo: Sean Krieg · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), photo 2
Photo: Anthony Batista · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), photo 3
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), photo 4
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), photo 5
Photo: Aitor · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), photo 6
Photo: Codrin Bucur · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), photo 7
Photo: Codrin Bucur · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), photo 8
Photo: Bale & Danielsson; Bannwarth, Th.; Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company; Godman, Frederick Du Cane; Hanhart; Horman-Fisher, Maud; Knight, H.; Mintern Bros.; Purkiss, W.; Salvin, Osbert; Saunders, G. S.; Schlereth, M. v.; Sharp, M. A.; Taylor & Francis; Wilson, Edwin · Public domain
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), photo 9
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), photo 10
Photo: (c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The adult black-and-yellow tanager is about 12 centimetres (4.7 in) long and weighs 12.5 grams (0.44 oz). The adult male has a bright yellow head, rump and underparts, and a black back, wings and tail. The wing linings are white. The male of C. c. ocularis differs in having a black spot on the lores. The female has olive upperparts and yellow underparts, but in Costa Rica and extreme western Panama (the sometimes recognized C. c. titanota) the throat and lower belly is whitish. She could be mistaken for a warbler or a female yellow-backed tanager. Immatures resemble the adult female. Voice: The black-and-yellow tanager's call is a scratchy single or repeated tsew, higher and faster than that of the silver-throated tanager.

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When to see the Black-and-yellow Tanager

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-and-yellow Tanager

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Costa Rica Panama

Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia.

About the Black-and-yellow Tanager

The black-and-yellow tanager is a fairly small passerine bird. This tanager resides in the hills of Costa Rica and Panama.

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Easily confused with

Scarlet-and-white Tanager (Chrysothlypis salmoni) Scarlet-and-white TanagerChrysothlypis salmoniThe scarlet-and-white tanager is a relatively thin tanager around 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighing 9.8–14.5 g (0.35–0.51 oz).

Side by side: Black-and-yellow Tanager vs Scarlet-and-white Tanager

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