Lemon-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus icteronotus
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- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyThraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
- GenusRamphocelus (Silver-billed Tanagers)
- SpeciesRamphocelus icteronotus (Lemon-rumped Tanager)
About the Lemon-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 →
Recent sightings of Lemon-rumped Tanager in Soberanía National Park
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Thraupis palmarum
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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 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Lemon-rumped Tanager in Soberanía National Park?
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lemon-rumped Tanager sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 44 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Lemon-rumped Tanager in Soberanía National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Lemon-rumped Tanager in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.