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Adult male, nominate subspecies
Photo © by charelli
Suriname, 17 November 2010

Ramphocelus carbo

Identification

Adult female, subspecies connectens
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Cock of the Rock Lodge, Challabamba, Parque Nacional del Manu, Cusco Department, Peru, 5 September 2018

16–17 cm (6¼-6¾ in)
Broad lower mandible silvery white.
Male looks mostly crimson black with contrasting white bill; deep velvety black above slightly glossed maroon; throat and upper breast dark crimson becoming deep black on lower underparts. Or blackish maroon above, brighter crimson below (venezuelensis).
Female: dull reddish brown above; brighter and redder on rump; underparts maroon brown; bill blackish.

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, central Brazil, Suriname and on Trinidad.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Subspecies magnirostris
Photo © by DABS
Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima, Trinidad, 2 May 2017

There are 8 subspecies^[1]:

R. c. unicolor:

East base of East Andes of Colombia (Cundinamarca and Meta)

R. c. magnirostris:

Trinidad; single specimen from north-eastern Venezuela (Sucre)

R. c. carbo:

South East Colombia to the [Guianas]], eastern Peru and northern Brazil

R. c. venezuelensis :

Colombia and western Venezuela

R. c. capitalis:

North East Venezuela (north-eastern Anzoátegui to south-eastern Monagas, Delta Amacuro)

R. c. connectens:

South East Peru (Cuzco) to north-western Bolivia (Río Beni)

R. c. atrosericeus:

North and eastern Bolivia

R. c. centralis:

East-central Brazil and adjacent eastern Paraguay

Habitat

Male in threat display, subspecies connectens
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Cock of the Rock Lodge, Challabamba, Parque Nacional del Manu, Cusco Department, Peru, 5 September 2018

Shrubby borders at forest edges, overgrown clearings, second growth, garden shrubs. At heights up to 1200m.

Behaviour

Breeding

They construct a bulky, cup-shaped nest in a bush. The clutch consists of 2 greenish-blue eggs with blackish-brown botches; they are incubated by the female for 11-12 days, and the chicks fledge after another 11-12 days.

Diet

The diet consists of arthropods and fruit; also flowers occasionally (maybe for nectar). Visits feeders.

Vocalisation

Noisy.
Common call a loud chink; also a more musical zweep

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Hilty, S. (2019). Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/61628 on 14 July 2019).
Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/sibtan2

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Silver-beaked Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Silver-beaked_Tanager

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-;Ramphocelus carbo
+[[Image:CD4 1159.jpg|thumb|right|550px|Adult male, nominate subspecies <br />Photo &copy; by {{user|charelli|charelli}} <br />[[Suriname]], 17 November 2010]]
+;[[:Category:Ramphocelus|Ramphocelus]] carbo
+==Identification==
+[[Image:Silver-beaked Tanager femaleSJ.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Adult female, subspecies ''connectens''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Cock of the Rock Lodge, Challabamba, Parque Nacional del Manu, Cusco Department, [[Peru]], 5 September 2018]]
+–17 cm (6¼-6¾ in)<br />
+Broad lower mandible silvery white.<br />
+'''Male''' looks mostly crimson black with contrasting white bill; deep velvety black above slightly glossed maroon; throat and upper breast dark crimson becoming deep black on lower underparts.  Or blackish maroon above, brighter crimson below (venezuelensis). <br />
+'''Female:''' dull reddish brown above; brighter and redder on rump; underparts maroon brown; bill blackish.
-[[Image:Silver-beaked_Tanager.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by juninho<br />Photo taken: Cock of the Rock Lodge,Manu NP.Peru.]]
-==Identification==
-Broad lower mandible silvery white.  Male looks mostly black with contrasting white bill; deep velvety black above slightly glossed maroon; throat and upper breast dark crimson becoming deep black on lower underparts.  Or blackish maroon above, brighter crimson below (venezuelensis).  Female: dull reddish brown above; brighter and redder on rump; underparts maroon brown; bill blackish
 ==Distribution==
-To 1200m. The Guianas and Venezuela to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southeast Brazil.  Trinidad.
+[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Paraguay]], central [[Brazil]], [[Suriname]] and on [[Trinidad]].
 ==Taxonomy==
+====Subspecies====
+[[Image:Dabs - Silver - beaked Tanager male .JPG|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''magnirostris''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|DABS|DABS}}<br />[[Asa Wright Nature Centre]], Arima, [[Trinidad]], 2 May 2017]]
+There are 8 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
+*''R. c. unicolor'':
+:*East base of East Andes of [[Colombia]] (Cundinamarca and Meta)
+*''R. c. magnirostris'':
+:*[[Trinidad]]; single specimen from north-eastern [[Venezuela]] (Sucre)
+*''R. c. carbo'':
+:*South East Colombia to the [Guianas]], eastern [[Peru]] and northern [[Brazil]]
+*''R. c. venezuelensis	'':
+:*Colombia and western Venezuela
+*''R. c. capitalis'':
+:*North East Venezuela (north-eastern Anzoátegui to south-eastern Monagas, Delta Amacuro)
+*''R. c. connectens'':
+:*South East [[Peru]] (Cuzco) to north-western [[Bolivia]] (Río Beni)
+*''R. c. atrosericeus'':
+:*North and eastern Bolivia
+*''R. c. centralis'':
+:*East-central [[Brazil]] and adjacent eastern [[Paraguay]]
 ==Habitat==
+[[Image:Silver-beaked_Tanager_male_SJ.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male in threat display, subspecies ''connectens''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Cock of the Rock Lodge, Challabamba, Parque Nacional del Manu, Cusco Department, [[Peru]], 5 September 2018]]
+Shrubby borders at forest edges, overgrown clearings, second growth, garden shrubs. At heights up to 1200m.
 ==Behaviour==
-Noisy.  Common call a loud ''chink''; also a more musical ''zweep''
+====Breeding====
+They construct a bulky, cup-shaped nest in a bush. The clutch consists of 2 greenish-blue eggs with blackish-brown botches; they are incubated by the female for 11-12 days, and the chicks fledge after another 11-12 days.
+====Diet====
+The diet consists of arthropods and fruit; also flowers occasionally (maybe for nectar). Visits feeders.
+====Vocalisation====
+Noisy.<br />
+Common call a loud ''chink''; also a more musical ''zweep''
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#Hilty, S. (2019). Silver-beaked Tanager (''Ramphocelus carbo''). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/61628 on 14 July 2019).
+#Silver-beaked Tanager (''Ramphocelus carbo''), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/sibtan2
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