#tanager
I recently finished a really fun private commission! These are speculative hybrids - Cedar Waxwing crossed with Scarlet and Western tanagers. This could probably never happen in reality, but it’s so fun to imagine what the resulting bird could look like if it ever did!
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Hooray! With the release of The Institute for Bird Populations’ latest blog post, I can now finally share this illustration with all of you! This is a foraging pair of Multicolored Tanagers, among orchids, air plants other epiphytes, and a couple tiny hidden insects. What a treat to be asked to do such a colorful image!
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Green Honeycreeper (male)
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A blue-gray tanager collecting seeds from a Bromeliaceae, perhaps to line a nest? If so, this is a great seed dispersal service.
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ALTApril 18, 2022 - Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida)
Found in parts of Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador, these tanagers live in foothill forests and forest edges. Foraging alone, in pairs, or in small groups, they often follow mixed-species flocks, feeding on fruit, flowers, and some arthropods. They build cup-shaped nests from moss on branches, where females lay clutches of two eggs.
ALTApril 16, 2022 - Great Pampa-Finch or Pampa Finch (Embernagra platensis)
These birds in the tanager family are found in grasslands and marshes in parts of Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, and Uruguay. Foraging on the ground, they feed on seeds and arthropods. They build cup-shaped nests from dry vegetation, sticks, twigs, and softer materials in grasses or shrubs. Females lay clutches of two to four eggs.
The Silvery-Breasted Tanager (Tangara velia cyanomelas) is the final addition to the ongoing AVE (Avian Vector Encyclopedia) project, pending new discoveries, splits, and corrections. Fittingly, it is not accorded full species status by some authorities, underscoring the taxonomic complexity I’ve encountered during the project. The rest of the world’s living bird species can be seen at jevaart.com/artworkave.htm
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