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The flame-rumped tanager measures on average 19 cm (7.5 in) in length. It has very marked sexual dimorphism. Males of both subspecies have velvety black plumage with a scarlet-red spot on the back; the chest and rump are orange to red and the belly is bright yellow. The beak is cobalt blue to silver or whitish with a black tip. The female has an olive-brown back with dark spots; a reddish-orange rump; and a light yellow chest and belly. The rump of the male P. f. icteronotus is yellow, while it is red in P. f. flammigerus. The rump is yellowish in the female P. f.
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When to see the Flame-rumped Tanager
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Flame-rumped Tanager
The map shades 3 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.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Peru, Costa Rica.
About the Flame-rumped Tanager
The flame-rumped tanager is a passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found from Panama to western Ecuador in semi-open forest and woodland. The subspecies with a yellow rump from the Cauca Valley in Colombia, the lemon-rumped tanager, has sometimes been considered as a separate species.
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Easily confused with
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatusThe crimson-backed tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Silver-beaked TanagerRamphocelus carboThe silver-beaked tanager is a medium-sized passerine bird.
Crimson-collared TanagerRamphocelus sanguinolentusCrimson-collared tanagers average 19–20 cm (7.5–8 in) long.
Side by side: Flame-rumped Tanager vs Scarlet-rumped Tanager · Crimson-collared Tanager vs Flame-rumped Tanager
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