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Spangled-cheeked Tanager
Stanley Jones

Spangled-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii)

Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii) Restricted to Costa Rica and western Panama. Photographed in La Cinchona, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica at ca. 1,524 m (5,000 ft) elevation before the Village was destroyed by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in January 2009. Lower Montane Cloud Forest. Sexes similar.
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Habitat
Lower Montane Cloud Forest at ca. 1,524 m (5,000 ft) elevation.
Location
La Cinchona, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Date taken
March 2006
Scientific name
Tangara dowii
Equipment used
Canon 20D with a Canon EF 70-300 mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens at 300 mm. Shutter speed 1/250 with flash, f/5.6.
Nickstacey1964
Wow.. Awesome detailed colourful capture of this amazing coloured Spangle-cheeked Tanager, Superb image Stanley, Love it
 

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Central & South America & Mexico
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