Brown Tanager (Orchesticus abeillei) | Photos, Calls and ID

Near ThreatenedEndemicInvertebratesForestSmall · 32 g

Brown Tanager (Orchesticus abeillei), photo 1 — Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0

Brown Tanager (Orchesticus abeillei), photo 2 — Photo: Carlos Meireles · CC BY 2.0

Brown Tanager (Orchesticus abeillei), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Marcelo Schmidt Roberti, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown Tanager (Orchesticus abeillei), photo 4 — Photo: (c) filipeprates, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown Tanager (Orchesticus abeillei), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Marcelo Schmidt Roberti, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown Tanager (Orchesticus abeillei), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Júlio Castellain, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown Tanager (Orchesticus abeillei), photo 7 — Photo: (c) agujaceratops, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown Tanager (Orchesticus abeillei), photo 8 — Photo: (c) filipeprates, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown Tanager (Orchesticus abeillei), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Daniel S. Katz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Brown Tanager (Orchesticus abeillei), photo 10 — Photo: (c) Nicolas Olejnik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Brown Tanager

The brown tanager is a small South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Orchesticus.

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Where the Brown Tanager lives

Regular range

Brazil

When to see the Brown Tanager

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Peak activity in October · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Chestnut-bellied Mountain TanagerDubusia castaneoventrisThe chestnut-bellied mountain tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Pearly-bellied SeedeaterSporophila pileataThe pearly–bellied seedeater is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Bay-chested Warbling FinchCastanozoster thoracicusThe bay-chested warbling finch is a rather dainty, warbler-like finch, measuring 13.5 cm long on average and with an average weight of 11–12.8 g.

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