From time-to-time someone will ask "what is your favorite family of birds?" Currently my favorite families - plural - are kingfishers and flycatchers.
Many of my friends respond to this question with "tanagers." A visit to Ecuador certainly goes a long way to understanding the allure of the tanager family.
Again, in no particular order and seen in a variety of locations, some tanager photos - some good, some bad.
Scrub Tanager (Tangara vitriolina)
Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Pipraeidea bonariensis)
Flame-rumped (Lemon-rumped) Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus icteronotus)
Above and below: Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus igniventris)
Above and below: Hooded Mountain Tanager (Buthraupis montana)
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus)
Above and below: Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)
Above and two below: Golden-naped Tanager (Tangara ruficervix)
Above and below: Black-chinned Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus notabilis)
Above and below: Flame-faced Tanager (Tangara parzudakii)
I wanted to see Grass-green Tanager and it was seen on at least of couple of occasions in feeding flocks, but not by me. I settled for the image on this sign. It's really hard for me to imagine how spectacular this bird would look in real life.
Above and below: Glistening-green Tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis)
Above and below: Moss-backed Tanager (Bangsia edwardsi)
Just trying out these Google-produced animated images sent to me. I think they are a little interesting and annoying at the same time.
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