Rosy Thrush Tanager

Copyright: monacoeye • Do not copy without permission • Panama, El Valle, May 2010

Bird name: Rosy Thrush Tanager
Latin: Rhodinocichla rosea
Other: Tangara pechirrosada, Tangara cuitlacoche (Es)
Family: Thraupidae • Tanagers
Range: W Mexico to Venezuela
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These Rosy-thrush Tanagers were difficult to photograph - distant and in dark forest.

The male Rosy-thrush Tanager, above, is a superb shade of crimson underneath and black above, the female is more orange below. Both have a white stripe above the eye.