Cherrie's Tanager

This species was named for Carlo Passerini, a professor at the Museum of Zoology of the University of Florence.

The Cherrie's Tanager is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Cherrie's Tanager, Ramphocelus costaricensis, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. This bird was formerly known as the Scarlet-rumped Tanager, but was split as a separate species from the Caribbean form, which was itself renamed as Passerini's Tanager, Ramphocelus passerinii. While most authorities have accepted this split, there are notable exceptions (e.g. the Howard and Moore checklist). More

Cherrie's Tanagers are found at sunlit forest edges and up in the leafy jungle canopy. These colorful tanagers were some of the most common and conspicuous birds that I observed in the Pacific lowland jungles of southern Costa Rica. I spotted this male Cherrie's Tanager in a low tree along a sandy beach near Corcovado, Costa Rica. He was traveling with the female also pictured here. More

Cherrie's Tanager females have much orange coloration on the breast and rump lacking in female Passerini's. The split by the AOU has been questioned by a number of authorities and it would not surprise me if the AOU eventually changes back to the old taxonomy. More

Cherrie's TanagerThe Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) was formerly known as the Scarlet-rumped Tanager, but was split as a separate species from the Caribbean form, which was itself renamed as Passerini's Tanager, Ramphocelus passerinii. Cherrie's Tanagers occur in pairs, small groups, or as part of a mixed-species feeding flock, and up to a dozen birds may roost together in dense thickets at night. Description: The Cherrie's Tanager is a medium-sized passerine bird. More

Cherrie's Tanager at Manuel Antonio Passini's Tanager female on the way back from Tortuguero Passini's Tanger at La Fortuna Golden-naped Tanager at La Fortuna Golden-naped Tanager at Manuel Antonio Summer Tanager female at Tortuguero More

A male Cherrie's Tanager demonstrating his "tsips" & chatter Cherrie's Tanager 0.030MB WAV Hear Sound Naturesongs.com Some Cherrie's Tanager chirps Cherrie's Tanager 0.150MB WAV Hear Sound Naturesongs.com A Male Cherrie's Tanager song Cherrie's Tanager 0.090MB WAV Hear Sound Naturesongs.com A Female Cherrie's Tanager calls Blue-gray Tanager 0. More

Cherrie's Tanager were formerly lumped as Scarlet-rumped Tanager, Ramphocelus passerinii. More

Cherrie's Tanager Ramphocelus costaricensis = Las Cruces, Costa Rica - Nov 17, 2004 More

Cherrie's Tanager Ramphocelus costaricensis = Described by: Cherrie (1891) Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors Photographs Las Cruces, Costa Rica - Nov 18, 2004 More

The wings of SY Cherrie's Tanagers appear to lack the lustre of ASY females; the primaries and secondaries may be somewhat narrower and more pointed, and the coverts are dull and also somewhat narrower. Photo by Marcel Gahbauer, Las Caletas (CR), April 2008 Photo by Marcel Gahbauer, Las Caletas (CR), April 2008 - Note the narrower and more pointed shape of the rectrices on SY birds compared to the broad and rounded rectrices of ASY birds. More

Close-up of a Cherrie's Tanager perching on a stem (Ramphocelus costaricensis) = More

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The adult Cherrie'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, orange rump, brownish wings and tail, and ochre underparts with a broad orange breast band. The female plumage is the one that differs most from Passerini's Tanager. Immatures resemble the adult female, but with a less orange breast. More

The Cherrie's Tanager More