Flame-rumped tanager
| Flame-rumped tanager | |
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| male in Colombia | |
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| female in Colombia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Ramphocelus |
| Species: | R. flammigerus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ramphocelus flammigerus (
Jardine & Selby , 1833) | |
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The flame-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) is a species of
Thraupidae
. It is found in semi-open forest and woodland.
The most widespread
nominate subspecies from the Cauca Valley
in Colombia.
Males of both subspecies have a mainly black plumage and a narrowly black-tipped pale bluish bill. The rump of the male P. f. icteronotus is yellow, while it is red in P. f. flammigerus. In females, the head, wings and tail are blackish-brown and the underparts are mainly yellow. The rump is yellowish in the female P. f. icteronotus, while the rump, vent and chest are orange-red in P. f. flammigerus.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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