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Crimson-collared Tanager Love these tanagers, but they're a bit more skittish than the others. Costa Rica,Crimson-collared tanager,Geotagged,Ramphocelus sanguinolentus Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Crimson-collared Tanager

Love these tanagers, but they're a bit more skittish than the others.

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  1. Very striking Mike Posted 2 years ago
    1. They're really lovely birds. Posted 2 years ago

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The crimson-collared tanager is a rather small Middle American songbird. It was first described by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831, its specific epithet from the Latin adjective "sanguinolentus", "bloodied", referring to its red plumage.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Mike Melton
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Uploaded Dec 7, 2022. Captured in PX8Q+FH Alajuela Province, Guatuso, Costa Rica.