Tanagers of Ecuador, November 2022

The Tanagers and Mountain Tanagers are a group of almost uniformly gorgeous birds

Black-chested Mountain Tanager

Blue-capped Tanager

Flame-faced Tanager

Blue-winged Mountain Tanager

Flame-rumped Tanager, male and female

Flame-rumped Tanager, male

Golden Tanager

Moss-backed Tanager

Golden-naped Tanager

Glistening-green Tanager, female above and male below

Blue-gray Tanager

Black-chinned Mountain Tanager

Black-capped Tanager, male and female (the female is the green one)

Black-chested Mountain Tanager

Silver-beaked Tanager

Magpie Tanagers

Hooded Mountain Tanager

Blue-gray Tanagers, in the eastern range of the Andes the coloration is different with the white patches on the wings.

Summer Tanager, this tanager belongs to a different group, the piranga tanagers, who are more closely related to the Northern Cardinal than to the other tanagers, but still a beauty.

Summer Tanager, female.