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Red-necked Tanager

Tangara cyanocephala

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCup nestSmall · 18 g
Red-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanocephala), photo 1
Photo: Marcelo Schmidt Roberti · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanocephala), photo 2
Photo: Rosario Douglas · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanocephala), photo 3
Photo: filipeprates · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanocephala), photo 4
Photo: filipeprates · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanocephala), photo 5
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanocephala), photo 6
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanocephala), photo 7
Photo: Fabrício Mil Homens Riella · CC BY 4.0
Red-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanocephala), photo 8
Photo: Ben Tavener from Curitiba, Brazil · CC BY 2.0
Red-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanocephala), photo 9
Photo: mauroguanandi · CC BY 2.0
Red-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanocephala), photo 10
Photo: William Swainson (1789-1855) · Public domain

ID tip

It is mostly green with a black back and a blue head and throat. Plumage is described as "brilliant and varied, including areas of bright red, bright green, blue, and black." They can be observed in mixed-species flocks along with green-headed tanagers.

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When to see the Red-necked Tanager

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

Where to see the Red-necked Tanager

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 1 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.

Brazil

Recorded as a rare visitor in Ecuador.

About the Red-necked Tanager

The red-necked tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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

Easily confused with

Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida) Emerald TanagerTangara floridaThe emerald tanager is a medium-sized tanager with a length of 10.6–13 cm (4.2–5.1 in) and a mass of 18–20.5 g (0.63–0.72 oz). Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii) Spangle-cheeked TanagerTangara dowiiThe spangle-cheeked tanager is a medium-sized passerine bird. Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii) Green-and-gold TanagerTangara schrankiiThe green-and-gold tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers.

Side by side: Emerald Tanager vs Red-necked Tanager

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