Flame-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus flammigerus
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusRamphocelus (Silver-billed Tanagers)
- SpeciesRamphocelus flammigerus (Flame-rumped Tanager)
About the Flame-rumped Tanager
The flame-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) is a passerine bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found from Panama to Peru. Its two subspecies have at times been treated as full species. The flame-rumped tanager was formally described in 1833 by the English naturalists William Jardine and Prideaux John Selby based on a specimen collected on "some part of the district upon the Columbia River". They assigned the binomial name Ramphopis flamigerus, whose specific epithet is a misspelling of the Latin word flammigerus meaning "flame-bearing" or "fiery". It is now one of eight species in the genus Ramphocelus that was introduced in 1805 by the French zoologist Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest.
The flame-rumped tanager has two subspecies, the nominate R. f. flammigerus (Jardine, W & Selby, PJ, 1833) and R. f. icteronotus (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1838). For much of the twentieth century subspecies R. f. icteronotus was treated as a separate species, the lemon-rumped tanager. A study published in 2017 found very little genetic differentiation. BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World lumped the two taxa in 2024. The Clements... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Darién National Park
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Lemon-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus icteronotus
Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Plain-colored Tanager
Tangara inornata
White-shouldered Tanager
Loriotus luctuosus
Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina
Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Sporophila minuta
Global Distribution
Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Puracé National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Flame-rumped Tanager in Darién National Park?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Flame-rumped Tanager sighting in Darién National Park, based on 227 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Flame-rumped Tanager in Darién National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Flame-rumped Tanager in Darién National Park in our monthly data.