What kind of creature is a tanager?
"tanager family, are now treated as members of Fringillidae, in their own subfamily (Euphoniinae). Likewise, the genera ""Piranga"" (which includes the scarlet tanager, summer tanager, and western tanager), ""Chlorothraupis"", and ""Habia"" appear to be members of the cardinal family, and have been reassigned to that family by the American Ornithological Society. Tanagers are small to medium-sized birds. The shortest-bodied species, the white-eared conebill, is long and weighs , barely smaller than the short-billed honeycreeper. The longest, the magpie tanager is and weighs . The heaviest is the white-capped tanager which weighs and measures about . Both sexes are usually the"
"same size and weight. Tanagers are often brightly colored, but some species are black and white. Males are typically more brightly colored than females and juveniles. Most tanagers have short, rounded wings. The shape of the bill seems to be linked to the species' foraging habits. Tanagers are restricted to the Western Hemisphere and mainly to the tropics. About 60% of tanagers live in South America, and 30% of these species live in the Andes. Most species are endemic to a relatively small area. Most tanagers live in pairs or in small groups of three to five individuals. These groups"
"Black-and-white tanager The black-and-white tanager (""Conothraupis speculigera"") is a tanager found in the Tumbes region of southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru; it migrates eastwards as far as Acre. The only other member of its genus is the recently rediscovered cone-billed tanager. It has a total length of 16 cm. (6½ in) and weighs . The male is black with a grey rump, white underparts and a white wing-speculum. It is longer-billed than the superficially similar black-and-white seedeater and lacks the black flanks and chalk-white bill of the related cone-billed tanager. The female is olive with faintly mottled, yellow-tinged underparts. Both"
"Magpie tanager The magpie tanager (""Cissopis leverianus "") is a South American species of tanager. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Cissopis. As suggested by its common name, this blue-black and white species is superficially reminiscent of a European magpie. With a total length of , a large percentage of which is tail, it is the longest species of tanager. It weighs 69-76 g. It is widespread in humid tropical and subtropical woodland, plantations, second growth, and parks in South America east of the Andes. It is absent from drier regions (e.g. the Caatinga) and most of"
"Green-headed tanager The green-headed tanager (""Tangara seledon"") is a bird found in the Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina (Misiones only). As other members of the genus ""Tangara"", it is a small colorful bird, measuring an average of 13.5 centimeters (5.3 in). While essentially a bird of humid forests, it is also common in orchards and parks, where it moves through the canopy, making itself inconspicuous, as its apparently flashy blue-green coloration camouflages it well amongst the foliage. It is also a regular attendant at bird tables, where its active behavior makes it far"
"more conspicuous. Eats fruits and insects, chasing the latter from a perch. Green-headed tanager The green-headed tanager (""Tangara seledon"") is a bird found in the Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina (Misiones only). As other members of the genus ""Tangara"", it is a small colorful bird, measuring an average of 13.5 centimeters (5.3 in). While essentially a bird of humid forests, it is also common in orchards and parks, where it moves through the canopy, making itself inconspicuous, as its apparently flashy blue-green coloration camouflages it well amongst the foliage. It is also a"
"Spotted tanager The spotted tanager (""Tangara punctata"") is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the spotted tanager in his ""Ornithologie"" based on a specimen collected in the West Indies. He used the French name ""Le tangara verd piqueté des Indes "" and the Latin name ""Tangara viridis indica punctulata"". Although Brisson coined Latin names, these"
"and coleoptera. White-capped tanager The white-capped tanager (""Sericossypha albocristata"") is the heaviest but not the longest species of tanager, at a weight of 114 g (4 oz) and a length of 24 cm (9.5 in). This species is glossy black overall with a large white crown and a red throat (which is brightest in adult males). It occurs in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru at elevations of 1600–3200 m. It lives in humid forest in groups of up to 20 individuals. Flocks of these tanagers stay in tight formation, often foraging from tree to tree together. They may eat fruits,"
"or other plant materials and is located low in trees near the ground or in shrubs in dense vegetation. The 2 eggs are reddish-brown with brown spots. The incubation time is 12–13 days in captivity. The binomial name commemorates the English collector Sir Ashton Lever. Magpie tanager The magpie tanager (""Cissopis leverianus "") is a South American species of tanager. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Cissopis. As suggested by its common name, this blue-black and white species is superficially reminiscent of a European magpie. With a total length of , a large percentage of which is"
"Cherry-throated tanager The cherry-throated tanager (""Nemosia rourei"") is a medium-sized passerine bird. This critically endangered tanager is an endemic to handful of localities in the Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo, Brazil, though the possibility that it occurs in adjacent parts of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro cannot be discounted. It has a striking, essentially black-white-red plumage; a photo is online in the abstract of Bauer ""et al."" 1998. After Cabanis (1870), Bauer ""et al."" (2000), Venturini ""et al."" (2005): The upper side is ashy grey, with a darker back and a lighter top of the head. A wide black"
"throughout its range. It is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Paradise tanager The paradise tanager (""Tangara chilensis"") is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm. It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage. Depending on subspecies, the rump is yellow and red or all red. The beak is black and the legs are grey. Found in humid tropical and subtropical forests in the western and northern Amazon Basin in South America, it occurs in Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil and"
"typically build nests covered by a dome of material. This group consists of radiations out of Central America, into the Caribbean and into the Pacific. The latter group of these American sparrow-like tanagers are the famous Darwin's finches (including the Cocos finch, ""Pinaroloxias inornata""). The former group includes the Caribbean bullfinches (""Loxigilla""), the Saint Lucia black finch (""Melanospiza richardsoni""), the yellow-shouldered grassquit (""Loxipasser anoxanthus"") – though not the blue-black grassquit (""Volatinia jacarina"") –, and probably other Caribbean genera too (e.g. orangequit, ""Euneornis campestris"" and the puzzling bananaquit, ""Coereba flaveola""). Tiaris Tiaris is a genus of songbirds in the tanager family"
"Green-and-gold tanager The green-and-gold tanager (""Tangara schrankii"") is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers. It is one of 49 species in the genus ""Tangara"". It is found in the western and central Amazon Basin in eastern Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, central Bolivia, and northwestern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. The green-and-gold tanager's range is almost all of the western Amazon Basin to the higher elevation mountain foothills of the eastern Andes. The contiguous range has three extensions; a southerly extension from southern Peru into central"
"Tanager The tanagers (singular ) comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has an American distribution. The Thraupidae are the second-largest family of birds and represent about 4% of all avian species and 12% of the Neotropical birds. Traditionally, about 240 species of tanagers have been described, but the taxonomic treatment of this family's members is currently in a state of flux. As more of these birds are studied using modern molecular techniques, some genera are expected to be relocated elsewhere. Already, species in the genera ""Euphonia"" and ""Chlorophonia"", which were once considered part of the"
"White-capped tanager The white-capped tanager (""Sericossypha albocristata"") is the heaviest but not the longest species of tanager, at a weight of 114 g (4 oz) and a length of 24 cm (9.5 in). This species is glossy black overall with a large white crown and a red throat (which is brightest in adult males). It occurs in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru at elevations of 1600–3200 m. It lives in humid forest in groups of up to 20 individuals. Flocks of these tanagers stay in tight formation, often foraging from tree to tree together. They may eat fruits, seeds, hymenoptera,"
"Silver-beaked tanager The silver-beaked tanager (""Ramphocelus carbo"") is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in South America from eastern Colombia and Venezuela south to Paraguay and central Brazil, Perú and on Trinidad. It is common and conspicuous. Silver-beaked tanagers are long and weigh . Adult males are velvety crimson black with a deep crimson throat and breast. The upper mandible of the bill is black, but the enlarged lower mandible is bright silver in appearance. The bill is pointed upwards in display. The female is much duller, with brownish upperparts, reddish brown underparts and a black"
"normal clutch is two eggs. The adult spangle-cheeked tanager is long and weighs . It has a mainly black head, upperparts and breast, with blue scaling on the breast, sides of the face and neck, and a rufous crown patch. The wings and tail have blue edgings. The rump is green and the belly is cinnamon. The sexes are very similar, but adult males have more extensive blue scaling. Immatures are generally duller, with no crown patch, and less distinct blue scaling. Spangle-cheeked tanagers occur in pairs, family groups, or as part of a mixed-species feeding flock (particularly those containing"
"forest, with generally not very tall trees and a dense understory. Speckled tanagers are social birds which eat mainly fruit and some insects. They are often seen with bay-headed tanagers and honeycreepers. The small cup nest is built in a tree and the normal clutch is two brown-blotched white eggs. The female incubates the eggs for 13 days to hatching, with another 15 days before the chicks fledge. Speckled tanager The speckled tanager (""Tangara guttata"") is a medium-sized passerine bird. It is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and the extreme north of Brazil."
"Toyger The toyger is a breed of domestic cat, the result of breeding domestic shorthaired tabbies (beginning in the 1980s) to make them resemble a ""toy tiger"", as its striped coat is reminiscent of the tiger's. The breed's creator, Judy Sugden, has stated that the breed was developed in order to inspire people to care about the conservation of tigers in the wild. It was recognized for ""registration only"" by The International Cat Association in the early 1990s, and advanced through all requirements to be accepted as a full championship breed in 2007. There are about 20 breeders in the"
"is included in the south with southern Peru, and a border region of extreme northwestern Bolivia. A small disjunct population exists 100 km west in southern Colombia. Opal-crowned tanager The opal-crowned tanager (""Tangara callophrys"") is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers. It is one of 49 species in the genus ""Tangara"". It is found in the eastern Andes drainages to the western Amazon Basin in southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and Peru and a region of northwestern Bolivia; for Brazil in southwestern-western Amazonas state and Acre. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The"
"Opal-crowned tanager The opal-crowned tanager (""Tangara callophrys"") is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers. It is one of 49 species in the genus ""Tangara"". It is found in the eastern Andes drainages to the western Amazon Basin in southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador and Peru and a region of northwestern Bolivia; for Brazil in southwestern-western Amazonas state and Acre. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The opal-crowned tanager is found in one contiguous range centered on Amazonian eastern Peru-Ecuador, southeastern Colombia, and the very west of Amazonas state, Brazil; all of Acre state"
"parasitism in small forest plots and are often absent completely from plots less than a minimum size. Their nests are typically built on horizontal tree branches. Specifically their numbers are declining in some areas due to habitat fragmentation, but on a global scale tanagers are a plentiful species. Thus, the IUCN classifies the scarlet tanager as being of least concern. Scarlet tanager The scarlet tanager (""Piranga olivacea"") is a medium-sized American songbird. Until recently placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified as belonging to the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species' plumage"
"Paradise tanager The paradise tanager (""Tangara chilensis"") is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm. It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage. Depending on subspecies, the rump is yellow and red or all red. The beak is black and the legs are grey. Found in humid tropical and subtropical forests in the western and northern Amazon Basin in South America, it occurs in Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil and the Guianas. Despite its scientific name, it is not found in Chile. The paradise tanager is common"
"tanagers are long and weigh . The upperparts are green with black spotting, and the face is yellow with a black line from the eye to the gape. The wings and tail are black edged with green, and the underparts are white spotted with black. The sexes are similar. The speckled tanager's flight call is a weak metallic chirping ""tsip"". The Trinidadian subspecies ""T. g. trinitatis"" has brighter and more extensive yellow on the head, and the black spotting is more conspicuous. ""T. guttata"" is more of a subtropical species than its relative and occurs in humid montane and secondary"
"Golden-hooded tanager The golden-hooded tanager (""Tangara larvata"") is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador. Adult golden-hooded tanagers are long and weigh . The adult male has a golden head with a black eyemask edged with violet blue above and below. The upperparts of the body are black apart from the turquoise shoulders, rump and edgings of the wings and tail. The flanks are blue and the central belly is white. Females have a greenish tinge to the head, sometimes with black speckling on the crown, and more extensively white"
"Western tanager The western tanager (""Piranga ludoviciana""), is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family. Adults have pale stout pointed bills, yellow underparts, and light wing bars. Adult males have a bright red face and a yellow nape, shoulder, and rump, with black upper back, wings, and tail; in non-breeding plumage the head has no more than a reddish cast and the body has an olive tinge."
"Red-crowned ant tanager The red-crowned ant tanager (""Habia rubica"") is a medium-sized passerine bird from tropical America. The genus ""Habia"" was long placed with the tanagers (Thraupidae), but it is actually closer to the cardinals (Cardinalidae). Consequently, it can be argued that referring to the members of this genus as ""ant-tanagers"" is misleading, but no other common name has gained usage. Red-crowned ant tanagers are long and weigh (male) or (female). Adult males are dull reddish brown with a brighter red throat and breast. The black-bordered scarlet crown stripe is raised when the bird is excited. The female is yellowish"
"Black-goggled tanager The black-goggled tanager (""Trichothraupis melanops"") is a species of bird in the family, Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Trichothraupis. It is found at low levels in forest and woodland in a large part of eastern and southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina, with a disjunct population along the East Andean slope in Peru, Bolivia and far north-western Argentina. While generally common and widespread, and consequently considered to be of least concern by BirdLife International and IUCN, the population associated with the Andes is relatively local and uncommon. The underparts are tawny, the"
"Tangara (genus) Tangara is a large genus of birds of the tanager family. It includes about 50 species, but as currently defined the genus is polyphyletic. All are from the Neotropics, and while most are fairly widespread, some have small distributions and are threatened. They are fairly small, ranging in size from . This genus includes some of the most spectacularly colored birds of the world. The genus ""Tangara"" was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The name means ""dancer"" in the extinct Tupi language. Forty-nine extant species are recognized: Formerly, some authorities also considered the"
"Habia (bird) Ant tanagers are birds of the genus Habia. These are long-tailed and strong billed birds. The males have a red crest and plumage containing red, brown or sooty hues. Females may resemble the males or be largely yellowish or brown in colour. Formerly placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), they are actually closer to ""Cardinalis"" in the Cardinalidae. Consequently, it can be argued that referring to the members of this genus as ant-tanagers is misleading, but no other common name has gained usage. All species forage for insects, which can be larger than their bills. Fruit is a"
"Uca tangeri Uca tangeri is a species of fiddler crab that lives in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. ""Uca tangeri"" is the largest species in the genus ""Uca"", with a carapace up to wide, and up to long. The males have one claw much larger than the other, which they use for communication. The carapace is violet to black, or sometimes yellowish in females, while the appendages are yellowish brown. The range of ""Uca tangeri"" extends from southern Portugal southwards to Angola; it is the most abundant crab in The Gambia. ""Uca tangeri"" was first described by Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux"
"Blue-necked tanager The blue-necked tanager (""Tangara cyanicollis"") is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest. The blue-necked tanager averages 12 cm in length and weighs approximately 17 g. They have a blue hood and throat. The wing coverts, wing edges, and rump are turquoise to a greenish straw color. The posterior underparts are black, violet, or blue. The juveniles are brownish gray, with a hint of adult"
"Bay-headed tanager The bay-headed tanager (""Tangara gyrola"") is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, South America south to Ecuador, Bolivia and southern Brazil, and on Trinidad. It occurs in forests, particularly in wetter areas. The bulky cup nest is built in a tree and the normal clutch is two brown-blotched white eggs. The female incubates the eggs for 13–14 days to hatching, with another 15–16 days before the chicks fledge. . Adult bay-headed tanagers are 14 cm long and weigh 19.5 g. The nominate race ""T. g. gyrola"" is mainly green apart"