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Passerini's Tanager (female)
Ramphocelus passerinii
10.73, -84.15
Field Notes
Description:
The adult Passerini's tanager is 16 cm long and weighs 31 g. The adult male is mainly black except for a scarlet rump, silvery bill and dark red iris. The female has a grey head, olive upperparts becoming brighter and paler on the rump, brownish wings and tail and ochre underparts.
Habitat:
rainforest lodge
Notes:
This species was formerly known as the scarlet-rumped tanager, but was renamed when the distinctive form found on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica and Panama was reclassified as a separate species, the Cherrie's tanager, Ramphocelus costaricensis.
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Passerini's tanager
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PublishedDecember 26, 2015
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