List of tanager species

The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 387 tanager species in family Thraupidae, which are distributed among 108 genera. One species on the list, the St. Kitts bullfinch, is extinct. Confusingly, only 146 of the species are called "tanager"; another 99 are called "finch".[1] This family is found only in the New World, primarily in South and Middle America and the Caribbean, though a few species are occasionally found in the United States. (The 20 species called tanagers in genera Piranga, Habia, and Chlorothraupis are members of another family, Cardinalidae). This list is presented in IOC taxonomic sequence and is also sortable alphabetically by common name and binomial name.

List

Common nameBinomial nameIOC sequence
PlushcapCatamblyrhynchus diadema1
Coal-crested finchCharitospiza eucosma2
Brown tanagerOrchesticus abeillei3
Yellow-shouldered grosbeakParkerthraustes humeralis4
Hooded tanagerNemosia pileata5
Cherry-throated tanagerNemosia rourei6
Blue-backed tanagerCyanicterus cyanicterus7
White-capped tanagerSericossypha albocristata8
Scarlet-throated tanagerCompsothraupis loricata9
Black-masked finchCoryphaspiza melanotis10
Pampa finchEmbernagra platensis11
Serra finchEmbernagra longicauda12
Lesser grass finchEmberizoides ypiranganus13
Wedge-tailed grass finchEmberizoides herbicola14
Duida grass finchEmberizoides duidae15
Great Inca finchIncaspiza pulchra16
Rufous-backed Inca finchIncaspiza personata17
Grey-winged Inca finchIncaspiza ortizi18
Buff-bridled Inca finchIncaspiza laeta19
Little Inca finchIncaspiza watkinsi20
Mourning sierra finchRhopospina fruticeti21
Blue finchPorphyrospiza caerulescens22
Band-tailed sierra finchPorphyrospiza alaudina23
Carbonated sierra finchPorphyrospiza carbonaria24
Green honeycreeperChlorophanes spiza25
Golden-collared honeycreeperIridophanes pulcherrimus26
Scarlet-and-white tanagerChrysothlypis salmoni27
Black-and-yellow tanagerChrysothlypis chrysomelas28
Sulphur-rumped tanagerHeterospingus rubrifrons29
Scarlet-browed tanagerHeterospingus xanthopygius30
Yellow-backed tanagerHemithraupis flavicollis31
Guira tanagerHemithraupis guira32
Rufous-headed tanagerHemithraupis ruficapilla33
Swallow tanagerTersina viridis34
Purple honeycreeperCyanerpes caeruleus35
Red-legged honeycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus36
Short-billed honeycreeperCyanerpes nitidus37
Shining honeycreeperCyanerpes lucidus38
Scarlet-breasted dacnisDacnis berlepschi39
Scarlet-thighed dacnisDacnis venusta40
Blue dacnisDacnis cayana41
Yellow-bellied dacnisDacnis flaviventer42
Turquoise dacnisDacnis hartlaubi43
Black-faced dacnisDacnis lineata44
Yellow-tufted dacnisDacnis egregia45
Viridian dacnisDacnis viguieri46
Black-legged dacnisDacnis nigripes47
White-bellied dacnisDacnis albiventris48
Many-colored chaco finchSaltatricula multicolor49
Black-throated saltatorSaltatricula atricollis50
Orinoco saltatorSaltator orenocensis51
Green-winged saltatorSaltator similis52
Cinnamon-bellied saltatorSaltator grandis53
Olive-grey saltatorSaltator olivascens54
Bluish-grey saltatorSaltator coerulescens55
Streaked saltatorSaltator striatipectus56
Lesser Antillean saltatorSaltator albicollis57
Buff-throated saltatorSaltator maximus58
Black-winged saltatorSaltator atripennis59
Black-headed saltatorSaltator atriceps60
Black-cowled saltatorSaltator nigriceps61
Black-throated grosbeakSaltator fuliginosus62
Slate-colored grosbeakSaltator grossus63
Masked saltatorSaltator cinctus64
Thick-billed saltatorSaltator maxillosus65
Golden-billed saltatorSaltator aurantiirostris66
BananaquitCoereba flaveola67
Yellow-faced grassquitTiaris olivaceus68
OrangequitEuneornis campestris69
Puerto Rican bullfinchMelopyrrha portoricensis70
St. Kitts bullfinchMelopyrrha grandis71
Greater Antillean bullfinchMelopyrrha violacea72
Cuban bullfinchMelopyrrha nigra73
Yellow-shouldered grassquitLoxipasser anoxanthus74
Cuban grassquitPhonipara canora75
Barbados bullfinchLoxigilla barbadensis76
Lesser Antillean bullfinchLoxigilla noctis77
St. Lucia black finchMelanospiza richardsoni78
Black-faced grassquitMelanospiza bicolor79
Sooty grassquitAsemospiza fuliginosa80
Dull-colored grassquitAsemospiza obscura81
Green warbler-finchCerthidea olivacea82
Grey warbler-finchCerthidea fusca83
Vegetarian finchPlatyspiza crassirostris84
Cocos finchPinaroloxias inornata85
Mangrove finchCamarhynchus heliobates86
Medium tree finchCamarhynchus pauper87
Woodpecker finchCamarhynchus pallidus88
Small tree finchCamarhynchus parvulus89
Large tree finchCamarhynchus psittacula90
Small ground finchGeospiza fuliginosa91
Sharp-beaked ground finchGeospiza difficilis92
Genovesa ground finchGeospiza acutirostris93
Vampire ground finchGeospiza septentrionalis94
Espanola cactus finchGeospiza conirostris95
Genovesa cactus finchGeospiza propinqua96
Large ground finchGeospiza magnirostris97
Common cactus finchGeospiza scandens98
Medium ground finchGeospiza fortis99
Blue-black grassquitVolatinia jacarina100
Black-and-white tanagerConothraupis speculigera101
Cone-billed tanagerConothraupis mesoleuca102
Rufous-crested tanagerCreurgops verticalis103
Slaty tanagerCreurgops dentatus104
Grey-headed tanagerEucometis penicillata105
Black-goggled tanagerTrichothraupis melanops106
Inti tanagerHeliothraupis oneilli107
Flame-crested tanagerLoriotus cristatus108
White-shouldered tanagerLoriotus luctuosus109
Yellow-crested tanagerLoriotus rufiventer110
Grey pileated finchCoryphospingus pileatus111
Red pileated finchCoryphospingus cucullatus112
Fulvous-crested tanagerTachyphonus surinamus113
Tawny-crested tanagerTachyphonus delatrii114
White-lined tanagerTachyphonus rufus115
Red-shouldered tanagerTachyphonus phoenicius116
Ruby-crowned tanagerTachyphonus coronatus117
Crimson-breasted finchRhodospingus cruentus118
White-winged shrike-tanagerLanio versicolor119
Fulvous shrike-tanagerLanio fulvus120
Black-throated shrike-tanagerLanio aurantius121
White-throated shrike-tanagerLanio leucothorax122
Crimson-collared tanagerRamphocelus sanguinolentus123
Flame-rumped tanagerRamphocelus flammigerus124
Lemon-rumped tanagerRamphocelus icteronotus125
Scarlet-rumped tanagerRamphocelus passerinii126
Brazilian tanagerRamphocelus bresilia127
Crimson-backed tanagerRamphocelus dimidiatus128
Masked crimson tanagerRamphocelus nigrogularis129
Huallaga tanagerRamphocelus melanogaster130
Silver-beaked tanagerRamphocelus carbo131
Lesson's seedeaterSporophila bouvronides132
Lined seedeaterSporophila lineola133
Cinnamon-rumped seedeaterSporophila torqueola134
Morelet's seedeaterSporophila morelleti135
Variable seedeaterSporophila corvina136
Grey seedeaterSporophila intermedia137
Wing-barred seedeaterSporophila americana138
White-naped seedeaterSporophila fringilloides139
Black-and-white seedeaterSporophila luctuosa140
Double-collared seedeaterSporophila caerulescens141
Yellow-bellied seedeaterSporophila nigricollis142
Dubois's seedeaterSporophila ardesiaca143
Thick-billed seed finchSporophila funerea144
Chestnut-bellied seed finchSporophila angolensis145
Nicaraguan seed finchSporophila nuttingi146
Great-billed seed finchSporophila maximiliani147
Large-billed seed finchSporophila crassirostris148
Black-billed seed finchSporophila atrirostris149
Slate-colored seedeaterSporophila schistacea150
Temminck's seedeaterSporophila falcirostris151
Buffy-fronted seedeaterSporophila frontalis152
Plumbeous seedeaterSporophila plumbea153
Tropeiro seedeaterSporophila beltoni154
Rusty-collared seedeaterSporophila collaris155
White-throated seedeaterSporophila albogularis156
White-bellied seedeaterSporophila leucoptera157
Parrot-billed seedeaterSporophila peruviana158
Chestnut-throated seedeaterSporophila telasco159
Drab seedeaterSporophila simplex160
Chestnut-bellied seedeaterSporophila castaneiventris161
Ruddy-breasted seedeaterSporophila minuta162
Copper seedeaterSporophila bouvreuil163
Black-and-tawny seedeaterSporophila nigrorufa164
Tawny-bellied seedeaterSporophila hypoxantha165
Dark-throated seedeaterSporophila ruficollis166
Pearly-bellied seedeaterSporophila pileata167
Rufous-rumped seedeaterSporophila hypochroma168
Chestnut seedeaterSporophila cinnamomea169
Marsh seedeaterSporophila palustris170
Black-bellied seedeaterSporophila melanogaster171
Cinereous finchPiezorina cinerea172
Slender-billed finchXenospingus concolor173
Grey-hooded bush tanagerCnemoscopus rubrirostris174
Black-headed hemispingusPseudospingus verticalis175
Drab hemispingusPseudospingus xanthophthalmus176
Bolivian warbling finchPoospiza boliviana177
Cinnamon warbling finchPoospiza ornata178
Black-and-rufous warbling finchPoospiza nigrorufa179
Black-and-chestnut warbling finchPoospiza whitii180
Collared warbling finchPoospiza hispaniolensis181
Rufous-breasted warbling finchPoospiza rubecula182
Tucuman mountain finchPoospiza baeri183
Cochabamba mountain finchPoospiza garleppi184
Slaty-backed hemispingusPoospiza goeringi185
Rufous-browed hemispingusPoospiza rufosuperciliaris186
Grey-capped hemispingusKleinothraupis reyi187
Black-capped hemispingusKleinothraupis atropileus188
White-browed hemispingusKleinothraupis auricularis189
Orange-browed hemispingusKleinothraupis calophrys190
Parodi's hemispingusKleinothraupis parodii191
Oleaginous hemispingusSphenopsis frontalis192
Black-eared hemispingusSphenopsis melanotis193
Western hemispingusSphenopsis ochracea194
Piura hemispingusSphenopsis piurae195
Fulvous-headed tanagerThlypopsis fulviceps196
Buff-bellied tanagerThlypopsis inornata197
Orange-headed tanagerThlypopsis sordida198
Chestnut-headed tanagerThlypopsis pyrrhocoma199
Rust-and-yellow tanagerThlypopsis ruficeps200
Superciliaried hemispingusThlypopsis superciliaris201
Rufous-chested tanagerThlypopsis ornata202
Brown-flanked tanagerThlypopsis pectoralis203
Bay-chested warbling finchCastanozoster thoracicus204
Long-tailed reed finchDonacospiza albifrons205
White-rumped tanagerCypsnagra hirundinacea206
Rufous-sided warbling finchPoospizopsis hypocondria207
Chestnut-breasted mountain finchPoospizopsis caesar208
Black-backed bush tanagerUrothraupis stolzmanni209
ParduscoNephelornis oneilli210
Buff-throated warbling finchMicrospingus lateralis211
Grey-throated warbling finchMicrospingus cabanisi212
Rusty-browed warbling finchMicrospingus erythrophrys213
Plain-tailed warbling finchMicrospingus alticola214
Ringed warbling finchMicrospingus torquatus215
Three-striped hemispingusMicrospingus trifasciatus216
Black-capped warbling finchMicrospingus melanoleucus217
Cinereous warbling finchMicrospingus cinereus218
Pearly-breasted conebillConirostrum margaritae219
Bicolored conebillConirostrum bicolor220
Chestnut-vented conebillConirostrum speciosum221
White-eared conebillConirostrum leucogenys222
Capped conebillConirostrum albifrons223
Giant conebillConirostrum binghami224
Blue-backed conebillConirostrum sitticolor225
White-browed conebillConirostrum ferrugineiventre226
Tamarugo conebillConirostrum tamarugense227
Rufous-browed conebillConirostrum rufum228
Cinereous conebillConirostrum cinereum229
Stripe-tailed yellow finchSicalis citrina230
Sulphur-throated finchSicalis taczanowskii231
Bright-rumped yellow finchSicalis uropygialis232
Saffron finchSicalis flaveola233
Orange-fronted yellow finchSicalis columbiana234
Grassland yellow finchSicalis luteola235
Citron-headed yellow finchSicalis luteocephala236
Patagonian yellow finchSicalis lebruni237
Greenish yellow finchSicalis olivascens238
Monte yellow finchSicalis mendozae239
Greater yellow finchSicalis auriventris240
Raimondi's yellow finchSicalis raimondii241
Puna yellow finchSicalis lutea242
Grey-hooded sierra finchPhrygilus gayi243
Patagonian sierra finchPhrygilus patagonicus244
Black-hooded sierra finchPhrygilus atriceps245
Peruvian sierra finchPhrygilus punensis246
Inaccessible Island finchNesospiza acunhae247
Wilkins's finchNesospiza wilkinsi248
Nightingale Island finchNesospiza questi249
Gough finchRowettia goughensis250
White-bridled finchMelanodera melanodera251
Yellow-bridled finchMelanodera xanthogramma252
Ash-breasted sierra finchGeospizopsis plebejus253
Plumbeous sierra finchGeospizopsis unicolor254
Uniform finchHaplospiza unicolor255
Slaty finchHaplospiza rustica256
Peg-billed finchAcanthidops bairdi257
Tit-like dacnisXenodacnis parina258
Red-backed sierra finchIdiopsar dorsalis259
White-throated sierra finchIdiopsar erythronotus260
Glacier finchIdiopsar speculifer261
Boulder finchIdiopsar brachyurus262
Band-tailed seedeaterCatamenia analis263
Plain-colored seedeaterCatamenia inornata264
Paramo seedeaterCatamenia homochroa265
Golden-eyed flowerpiercerDiglossa glauca266
Bluish flowerpiercerDiglossa caerulescens267
Masked flowerpiercerDiglossa cyanea268
Indigo flowerpiercerDiglossa indigotica269
Rusty flowerpiercerDiglossa sittoides270
Slaty flowerpiercerDiglossa plumbea271
Cinnamon-bellied flowerpiercerDiglossa baritula272
Moustached flowerpiercerDiglossa mystacalis273
Glossy flowerpiercerDiglossa lafresnayii274
Chestnut-bellied flowerpiercerDiglossa gloriosissima275
Scaled flowerpiercerDiglossa duidae276
Greater flowerpiercerDiglossa major277
Venezuelan flowerpiercerDiglossa venezuelensis278
White-sided flowerpiercerDiglossa albilatera279
Grey-bellied flowerpiercerDiglossa carbonaria280
Black-throated flowerpiercerDiglossa brunneiventris281
Merida flowerpiercerDiglossa gloriosa282
Black flowerpiercerDiglossa humeralis283
Vermilion tanagerCalochaetes coccineus284
Purplish-mantled tanagerIridosornis porphyrocephalus285
Yellow-throated tanagerIridosornis analis286
Golden-collared tanagerIridosornis jelskii287
Yellow-scarfed tanagerIridosornis reinhardti288
Golden-crowned tanagerIridosornis rufivertex289
Fawn-breasted tanagerPipraeidea melanonota290
Blue-and-yellow tanagerRauenia bonariensis291
Rufous-bellied mountain tanagerPseudosaltator rufiventris292
Buff-breasted mountain tanagerDubusia taeniata293
Chestnut-bellied mountain tanagerDubusia castaneoventris294
Hooded mountain tanagerButhraupis montana295
Blue-capped tanagerSporathraupis cyanocephala296
Masked mountain tanagerTephrophilus wetmorei297
Grass-green tanagerChlorornis riefferii298
Black-chested mountain tanagerCnemathraupis eximia299
Golden-backed mountain tanagerCnemathraupis aureodorsalis300
Blue-winged mountain tanagerAnisognathus somptuosus301
Black-chinned mountain tanagerAnisognathus notabilis302
Santa Marta mountain tanagerAnisognathus melanogenys303
Scarlet-bellied mountain tanagerAnisognathus igniventris304
Lacrimose mountain tanagerAnisognathus lacrymosus305
Glistening-green tanagerChlorochrysa phoenicotis306
Multicolored tanagerChlorochrysa nitidissima307
Orange-eared tanagerChlorochrysa calliparaea308
Orange-throated tanagerWetmorethraupis sterrhopteron309
Yellow-green tanagerBangsia flavovirens310
Blue-and-gold tanagerBangsia arcaei311
Gold-ringed tanagerBangsia aureocincta312
Moss-backed tanagerBangsia edwardsi313
Golden-chested tanagerBangsia rothschildi314
Black-and-gold tanagerBangsia melanochlamys315
Grey-crested finchLophospingus griseocristatus316
Black-crested finchLophospingus pusillus317
Shrike-like tanagerNeothraupis fasciata318
Diuca finchDiuca diuca319
Yellow cardinalGubernatrix cristata320
Diademed tanagerStephanophorus diadematus321
Magpie tanagerCissopis leverianus322
Black-faced tanagerSchistochlamys melanopis323
Cinnamon tanagerSchistochlamys ruficapillus324
Red-crested cardinalParoaria coronata325
Red-cowled cardinalParoaria dominicana326
Crimson-fronted cardinalParoaria baeri327
Yellow-billed cardinalParoaria capitata328
Masked cardinalParoaria nigrogenis329
Red-capped cardinalParoaria gularis330
Dotted tanagerIxothraupis varia331
Rufous-throated tanagerIxothraupis rufigula332
Spotted tanagerIxothraupis punctata333
Speckled tanagerIxothraupis guttata334
Yellow-bellied tanagerIxothraupis xanthogastra335
Golden-naped tanagerChalcothraupis ruficervix336
Azure-rumped tanagerPoecilostreptus cabanisi337
Grey-and-gold tanagerPoecilostreptus palmeri338
Blue-grey tanagerThraupis episcopus339
Sayaca tanagerThraupis sayaca340
Glaucous tanagerThraupis glaucocolpa341
Azure-shouldered tanagerThraupis cyanoptera342
Yellow-winged tanagerThraupis abbas343
Golden-chevroned tanagerThraupis ornata344
Palm tanagerThraupis palmarum345
Black-headed tanagerStilpnia cyanoptera346
Silver-backed tanagerStilpnia viridicollis347
Sira tanagerStilpnia phillipsi348
Straw-backed tanagerStilpnia argyrofenges349
Black-capped tanagerStilpnia heinei350
Golden-hooded tanagerStilpnia larvata351
Blue-necked tanagerStilpnia cyanicollis352
Masked tanagerStilpnia nigrocincta353
Black-backed tanagerStilpnia peruviana354
Chestnut-backed tanagerStilpnia preciosa355
Green-capped tanagerStilpnia meyerdeschauenseei356
Scrub tanagerStilpnia vitriolina357
Burnished-buff tanagerStilpnia cayana358
Lesser Antillean tanagerStilpnia cucullata359
Blue-and-black tanagerTangara vassorii360
Beryl-spangled tanagerTangara nigroviridis361
Spangle-cheeked tanagerTangara dowii362
Green-naped tanagerTangara fucosa363
Blue-browed tanagerTangara cyanotis364
Rufous-cheeked tanagerTangara rufigenis365
Metallic-green tanagerTangara labradorides366
Bay-headed tanagerTangara gyrola367
Rufous-winged tanagerTangara lavinia368
Golden-eared tanagerTangara chrysotis369
Saffron-crowned tanagerTangara xanthocephala370
Flame-faced tanagerTangara parzudakii371
Blue-whiskered tanagerTangara johannae372
Green-and-gold tanagerTangara schrankii373
Golden tanagerTangara arthus374
Emerald tanagerTangara florida375
Silver-throated tanagerTangara icterocephala376
Seven-colored tanagerTangara fastuosa377
Green-headed tanagerTangara seledon378
Red-necked tanagerTangara cyanocephala379
Brassy-breasted tanagerTangara desmaresti380
Gilt-edged tanagerTangara cyanoventris381
Plain-colored tanagerTangara inornata382
Turquoise tanagerTangara mexicana383
White-bellied tanagerTangara brasiliensis384
Paradise tanagerTangara chilensis385
Opal-crowned tanagerTangara callophrys386
Opal-rumped tanagerTangara velia387

References

  1. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (January 2023). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List. v 13.1. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
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