RUBY-CROWNED TANAGER Tachyphonus coronatus ATLANTIC FOREST
A flock of wholly black and wholly rufous birds dart across a humid forest track in front of you. It doesn´t leave you much to go on, but its enough to identify this Atlantic Forest Endemic tanager. Its English name isn´t the best, the ruby crown of the male is rarely visible, and in fact you are far more likely to notice his white underwing, though I suppose White-underwinged Tanager isn´t much of an improvement either! Family groups forage noisily through the undergrowth, keeping contact with continuous chat calls. In some areas they are one of the most numerous of humid forest birds.
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Gallery 1: Adult Male
FIGURE 1a - (FPAVE1704PH) Adult male ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2007).
FIGURE 1b - (FPAVE1705PH) Adult male ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith June 2007).
FIGURE 1c - (FPAVE1706PH) Adult male, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 1d - (FPAVE1707PH) Adult male upperwing, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Regis Nossent June 2005).
FIGURE 1e - (FPAVE1708PH) Same individual as (FPAVE1706PH)  underwing (Paul Smith September 2006).
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Tachyphonus coronatus
1 (FPAVE1719RE) Call and short song  recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007)
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Gallery 2: Adult Female
FIGURE 2a - (FPAVE1709PH) Adult female lateral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu May 2008).
FIGURE 2b - (FPAVE1710PH) Adult female ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Sylvia Qu June 2008).
FIGURE 2c - (FPAVE1711PH) Adult female ventral, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith November 2007).
FIGURE 2d - (FPAVE1712PH) Adult female, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2007).
FIGURE 2e - (FPAVE1713PH) Adult female upperwing, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith June 2005).
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Gallery 3: Immature and Nest
FIGURE 3a - (FPAVE1714PH) Immature male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith February 2007).
FIGURE 3b - (FPAVE1715PH) Same individual upperwing (Paul Smith February 2007).
FIGURE 3c - (FPAVE1716PH) Nest with eggs, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).

VIDEO A - (FPAVE1717VI) Adult male, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith September 2010).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE1718VI) Adult male alert, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith April 2010).
Superficially this species is very similar to the White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus but this is a bird of humid forest whilst that species is found only in dry areas.