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Flame-crested Tanager (male) - closeup, La Isla Escondida, Colombia The female found a bit earlier:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70175/flame-crested_tanager_female_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html" title="Flame-crested Tanager (female), La Isla Escondida, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/70175_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=if6BJ1NDFh8HILBE0vr30hzdj6s%3D" width="200" height="186" alt="Flame-crested Tanager (female), La Isla Escondida, Colombia The bird is named after the male, which is black with an awesome red crest:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70184/fulvous-crested_tanager_male_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Flame-crested tanager,Geotagged,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,Tachyphonus cristatus,World" /></a></figure> Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Flame-crested tanager,Geotagged,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,Tachyphonus cristatus,World Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Flame-crested Tanager (male) - closeup, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

The female found a bit earlier:

Flame-crested Tanager (female), La Isla Escondida, Colombia The bird is named after the male, which is black with an awesome red crest:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/70184/fulvous-crested_tanager_male_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Flame-crested tanager,Geotagged,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,Tachyphonus cristatus,World

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  1. View Thibaud Aronson's profile
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    Great shot! Wow, the Colombian birds are quite a bit showier than the Peruvian ones! Posted 4 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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      Thanks! Never made that comparison. When I flip through my Colombia birds book I do notice that the majority is fairly dull. It's just that there's so many in total that the vibrant minority is still quite a lot of birds. Posted 4 years ago
      1. View Thibaud Aronson's profile
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        Oh no I was speaking specifically about the respective subspecies of this tanager :) Posted 4 years ago
        1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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          Ohhhhhhh. Posted 4 years ago
  3. View Thibaud Aronson's profile
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    Hi again Ferdy, I finally understood: this is T. cristatus, the Flame-crested Tanager! T. surinamus never has a yellow chin. Posted 4 years ago
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      Interesting. What about the female on that other photo? Also T. cristatus? Posted 4 years ago
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      Update: looked it up in the Colombia birds book and you're right about the chin. Does look like the book is outdated, it suggests T. cristatus is found in a tiny range in the far east. Posted 4 years ago
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      Made the update. I do still have 2 juvenile photos left where I could use your judgement:
      https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/17435/photos       Posted 4 years ago
      1. View Thibaud Aronson's profile
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        Based on the reddish brown tones, I'd say they're probably cristatus as well. I'd expect surinamus to be more greenish.
        For a better look at cristatus' distribution, check the map of ebird sightings:
        https://ebird.org/map/flctan1?env.minX=-79.3886881715237&env.minY=-28.7802470429875&env.maxX=-34.4729239655476&env.maxY=8.59237917765284         Posted 4 years ago
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          Sorry, don't have an account for that, but I'll take the hint that the book is outdated :) Posted 4 years ago
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            Ah sorry! Does the species page load, at least?
            https://ebird.org/species/flctan1             Posted 4 years ago
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              No worries. Yes, that link does load. Amazing how far spread the species seems to be in comparison to the book info. Posted 4 years ago

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The Flame-crested tanager

The flame-crested tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Ten subspecies are currently recognized.

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Uploaded Dec 1, 2018. Captured Oct 18, 2018 07:56 in Orito, Putumayo, Colombia.
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  • 550mm
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Captured in the fall. More fall photos.