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Crimson-collared tanagers average 19–20 cm (7.5–8 in) long. The adult plumage is black with a red collar covering the nape, neck, and breast (remarkably similar to the pattern of the male crimson-collared grosbeak). All tail coverts are also red. The bill is striking pale blue and the legs are blue-gray. In adults, the irides are crimson, contrary to what is shown in Howell and Webb. Females average slightly duller than males, but are sometimes indistinguishable from them.
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When to see the Crimson-collared 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 Crimson-collared Tanager
The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Crimson-collared Tanager
The crimson-collared tanager is a rather small Middle American songbird. It was first described by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831, its specific epithet from the Latin adjective sanguinolentus, "bloodied", referring to its red plumage.
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Easily confused with
Brazilian TanagerRamphocelus bresiliaThe Brazilian tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Masked Crimson TanagerRamphocelus nigrogularisThe masked crimson tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Huallaga TanagerRamphocelus melanogasterThe Huallaga tanager or black-bellied tanager, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Side by side: Crimson-collared Tanager vs Flame-rumped Tanager
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