male Crimson-backed Tanager
The Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus) is a strikingly beautiful bird occurring in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and up to French Guyana. The species can be found in shrubby areas, gardens, and secondary forests. Especially the male has a brightly red coat and even more remarkable is the silvery lower mandible. Females on the other hand are much duller and have a uniform dark bill. I have photographed these pretty birds on a journey through Panama in February 2014 where tanagers can be seen quite commonly.
male Crimson-backed Tanager
male Crimson-backed Tanager
female Crimson-backed Tanager
male Crimson-backed Tanager
Matt Travels 
If you just returned from a trip through Panama, you must be sorting through thousands of photographs now. I’m glad you treated us to several close-up views of the crimson-backed tanager. Lovely photos, thanks.
thanks! đŸ™‚ you are right, I took around 3500 photos… so, you might see a couple of other posts on the birds and mammals of Panama in the next few weeks! Panama is really a top destination for wildlife watching!
Panama is amazing. Its so unfair that in animal world the males are so much more better looking than the females.
well well – that is balanced in us humans đŸ˜‰
lol…Spoken like a gentleman
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