Tanagers are small to medium-sized birds. The shortest-bodied species, the white-eared conebill, is 9 cm (4 in) long and weighs 6 g (0.2 oz), barely smaller than the short-billed honeycreeper. Tanagers are often brightly colored, but some species are black and white. Males are typically more brightly colored than females and juveniles.The typical honeycreepers form a genus Cyanerpes of small birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are found in the tropical New World from Mexico south to Brazil. They occur in the forest canopy, and, as the name implies, they are specialist nectar feeders with long curved bills. Learn more about Tanager and honeycreeper
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Bananaquit (13 videos) | Coereba flaveola | Least concern |
Blue-grey Tanager (17 videos) | Thraupis episcopus | Not Available |
Blue-necked Tanager (5 videos) | Tangara cyanicollis | Least concern |
Buff-throated Saltator (13 videos) | Saltator maximus | Least concern |
Crimson-backed Tanager (16 videos) | Ramphocelus dimidiatus | Least concern |
Crimson-collared Tanager (2 videos) | Ramphocelus sanguinolentus | Least concern |
Flame-colored Tanager (8 videos) | Piranga bidentata | Least concern |
Glistening-green Tanager (2 videos) | Chlorochrysa phoenicotis | Least concern |
Golden-hooded Tanager (8 videos) | Tangara larvata | Least concern |
Green Honeycreeper (11 videos) | Chlorophanes spiza | Least concern |
Grey-headed Tanager (9 videos) | Eucometis penicillata | Least concern |
Hawaii Amakihi (25 videos) | Chlorodrepanis virens | Least concern |
Honeycreeper (186 videos) | Loxioides bailleui | Critically endangered |
Iiwi (97 videos) | Vestiaria coccinea | Not Available |
Masked Flowerpiercer (1 videos) | Diglossa cyanea | Least concern |
Oahu Amakihi (19 videos) | Chlorodrepanis flava | Vulnerable |
Palm Tanager (7 videos) | Thraupis palmarum | Not Available |
Red-throated Ant Tanager (1 videos) | Habia fuscicauda | Least concern |
Scarlet Tanager (38 videos) | Piranga olivacea | Least concern |
Shining Honeycreeper (7 videos) | Cyanerpes lucidus | Least concern |
Silver-throated Tanager (5 videos) | Tangara icterocephala | Least concern |
Summer Tanager (66 videos) | Piranga rubra | Least concern |
Western Tanager (6 videos) | Piranga ludoviciana | Least concern |
White-shouldered Tanager (6 videos) | Tachyphonus luctuosus | Not Available |