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The Puerto Rican tanager is a small passerine, typically measuring between 18 and 20 cm (7 and 8 in) in length and weighing around 36 g (1.3 oz). Both males and females are olive-brown above with pale grey to white underparts. Adults typically have faint dusky striping on the breast and pure white throats. Adults also have a conspicuous white spot on the wing and a dark crown and face which obscures the eye. Undertail coverts are pale fulvous. Males have a brown-black maxilla and white mandible and females have entirely black bills. Voice: The most frequently heard noise emitted by the Puerto Rican tanager is a harsh call note often described as a chewp or chuck. This is often heard while feeding in flocks and may be extended into a longer chi-chi-chit of varying lengths. The breeding song of the species is light, sweet rapidly sung tswet-tswet-tswet-tswet.
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When to see the Puerto Rican Tanager
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Where to see the Puerto Rican Tanager
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About the Puerto Rican Tanager
The Puerto Rican tanager is a small passerine bird endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico. It is the only member of the genus Nesospingus and has historically been placed in the tanager family, but recent studies indicate it as either belonging in its own family Nesospingidae or as being a member of Phaenicophilidae. Its closest relatives are likely the spindalises. The Puerto Rican tanager is known to locals as llorosa, which means 'cryer'.
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