Vermilion Tanager

Calochaetes coccineus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestSmall · 46 g

What the Vermilion Tanager sounds like

Sonogram of the Vermilion Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: above 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Vermilion Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Sucumbíos: 17 km WSW Lumbaqui, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Vermilion 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 Vermilion Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Vermilion Tanager

The vermilion tanager is a species of Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Calochaetes.

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

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