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Carmiol's Tanager

Chlorothraupis carmioli

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 39 g
Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli), photo 1
Photo: Rachel Lee Harper · CC BY 4.0
Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli), photo 2
Photo: Rachel Lee Harper · CC BY 4.0
Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli), photo 3
Photo: Carter Dorscht · CC0
Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli), photo 4
Photo: Ulrikke Hedegaard · CC0
Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli), photo 5
Photo: Ulrikke Hedegaard · CC0
Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli), photo 6
Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0
Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli), photo 7
Photo: Cole Wolf · CC BY 4.0
Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli), 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
Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli), photo 9
Photo: Rachel Lee Harper · CC BY 4.0
Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli), photo 10
Photo: Rachel Lee Harper · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The adult Carmiol's tanager is about 17 cm (6.7 in) long and is an evenly coloured, robust bird. The upper parts are a dull olive green, and the underparts are a rather paler olive green. The throat is slightly yellower than the rest of the underparts, and is streaked in the male while being a uniform pale yellow in the female. The underparts of the female are paler than those of the male, and the female has a yellowish patch in front of the eyes. The beak is relatively stout and is dark-coloured in both sexes.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Carmiol's Tanager

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Carmiol's Tanager

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 2 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 Honduras Nicaragua Bolivia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Colombia, Peru.

About the Carmiol's Tanager

Carmiol's tanager is a species of bird in the cardinal family Cardinalidae that is found in Central America from Nicaragua southwards to northwest Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the yellow-lored tanager.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Ochre-breasted Tanager (Chlorothraupis stolzmanni) Ochre-breasted TanagerChlorothraupis stolzmanniThe ochre-breasted tanager grows to a length of about 18 cm (7 in). Yellow-lored Tanager (Chlorothraupis frenata) Yellow-lored TanagerChlorothraupis frenataThe yellow-lored tanager is about 17 cm (6.7 in) in overall length. Lemon-spectacled Tanager (Chlorothraupis olivacea) Lemon-spectacled TanagerChlorothraupis olivaceaThe adult lemon-spectacled tanager is about 17 cm (6.7 in) in length.

Side by side: Carmiol's Tanager vs Ochre-breasted Tanager

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