Stats

Lifespan: 5-8 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Pair
Biome: Tropical rainforest
Range: Central America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Uncommon

About

The male Scarlet-rumped Tanager is a striking Central American songbird cloaked in jet-black plumage with a blazing scarlet rump that flashes like a warning signal in dense forest undergrowth. Males use that vivid patch in territorial displays, tilting their bodies to maximize the red's visibility to rivals.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Ramphocelus
Species: Ramphocelus passerinii