Rufous-winged Tanager (Tangara lavinia)

Other Names (World)
Rufous-winged Tanager, Lavinia's Tanager

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 - 13.20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1858)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 800 m, occasionally up to 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Rufous-winged Tanager (Tangara lavinia) [XC17495]
by Andrew Spencer from Humedal del Yalare, Esmeraldas, Ecuador (call)

Rufous-winged Tanager (Tangara lavinia) [XC275635]
by id from Esmeraldas: Majua, R\u00edo Cayapas, Ecuador (call, calls)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola) and replaces it in lowlands of wet Choco-Pacific region.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

cara (Bangs, 1905) - Extreme eastern Guatemala (Puerto Barrios), Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica south to Panama (to San Blas).
dalmasi (Hellmayr, 1910) - Locally on Pacific slope of Panama (Chiriqu�� and Veraguas east to eastern Panam�).
lavinia (Cassin, 1858) - Extreme eastern Panama (eastern Dari�n) and southern along Pacific slope of Colombia (from northern Choc�), including Gorgona I, to western Ecuador (Pichincha).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rufous-winged Tanager (Tangara lavinia) - 10 files

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