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.

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) [XC262585]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (flight call, flight calls)

Rufous-winged Tanager (Tangara lavinia) [XC404232]
by Oswaldo Cortes from Monta\u00f1a de Agalta , Sector El Murmullo-Las Delicias , Departamento de Olancho, Honduras (call, song)

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

More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Rufous-winged Tanager see... Show Articles

BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Articles about the Rufous-winged Tanager

If you would like to read any articles about the Rufous-winged Tanager...

Show Articles (0)

No Pictures of Rufous-winged Tanager

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Rufous-winged Tanager or you would like to see more, then try the following...

Show External Images from BING

From BING (10)

No Videos of Rufous-winged Tanager

If Birdpedia has no videos of Rufous-winged Tanager or you would like to see more, then try the following..

Show External Videos

From BING (0)

Where can I observe this species?

Select an area (or leave blank) to see locations where this species has been recorded.

Area

All

Optional: Complete the following if you wish to restrict the reserve to within a given distance of a location.

Please enter the Latitude and Longitiude of a given location together with the maximum distance (km) to display a list of reserves within that distance. You must enter a Latitude, a Longitude and a distance greater than 0.

Latitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)

Deg	Min	Sec			Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
				or	GPS help

Longitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)

Deg	Min	Sec			Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
				or	Find GPS using Google Maps

Distance	Bearing
		Get Sample GPS readings

On What Field Trips was this species observed?

Select an area (or leave blank), and a date range, to see field trips on which this species has been recorded.

Area

All

From	To

Latitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)

Deg	Min	Sec			Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
				or	GPS help

Longitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)

Deg	Min	Sec			Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
				or

Distance	Bearing
		Get Sample GPS readings

Latest Sightings for Rufous-winged Tanager