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Rust-and-yellow tanager        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Rust-and-yellow tanagers are small canopy birds that are considerably less colorful than many of their relatives.   This bird was part of a mixed-species flock near San Pedro, at about 1600 m altitude on the Manu Road in southeastern Peru.   Other species in this area include a number of tanagers (paradise, palm, silver-beaked, orange-eared, golden, golden-eared, golden-naped, spotted, beryl-spangled, bay-headed, blue-necked, saffron-crowned, and common bush-tanager), and in addition to the tanagers, versicolored barbets and blue-naped chlorophonias.

  • Canon 1D4, 800 mm IS lens plus 1.4X extender, fill-in flash (2014)