Tag Archive for 'Tanager'

Trichothraupis melanops. Image credit: Dario Sanches / CC BY-SA 2.0.

New Species of Bird Discovered in South America

Oct 21, 2024 by Natali Anderson

Ornithologists have described a new species of tanager in the genus Trichothraupis living on the Eastern slopes of the Andes. Trichothraupis melanops (above)...

A bilaterally gynandromorphic green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) near Manizales, Colombia, May 20, 2022. Image credit: John Murillo.

Extremely Rare ‘Half Female, Half Male’ Honeycreeper Snapped in Colombia

Dec 12, 2023 by Natali Anderson

Ornithologists in Colombia have photographed a wild green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) with distinct half green, or female, and half blue, male, plumage. A...

The Inti tanager (Heliothraupis oneilli). Image credit: Louisiana State University / Lane et al., doi: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab059.

Inti Tanager: Colorful New Species of Bird Discovered in South America

Nov 3, 2021 by Natali Anderson

Ornithologists have discovered a new genus and species of tanager on the lower slopes of the Andes in southeastern Peru and western Bolivia. The Inti tanager...

This image shows a Sooty-capped bush tanager holding a stamen from Axinaea costaricensis in its beak. Note the pollen grains on the bird’s beak, front head, and cheeks. Image credit: Florian Etl.

Axinaea Flowers Blast Pollen at Bird Pollinators, Study

Jul 7, 2014 by News Staff

Plants in the Central and South American genus Axinaea have a unique and highly complex bird pollination system, according to a new study published in...

Five tropical tanagers, clockwise from upper left: Golden Tanager, Swallow Tanager, Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager, Red-necked Tanager, Beryl-spangled Tanager. Credit: Peter Wendelken / Frank Shufelt / Keith Bowers / Vivek Tiwari / Priscilla Burcher.

Study into Plumage, Song Evolution in Tanagers Dispels Darwin’s Transfer Hypothesis

Jun 21, 2014 by News Staff

A new study of Thraupidae – the largest songbird family, representing nearly 10 per cent of all songbirds – has dispelled the long-held ‘transfer...