A male scarlet-rumped tanager on a branch with vines

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Sarapiquí

Called "sargento" in Spanish for the male's bright red back feathers, and formerly known in English as the Passerini's tanager, the scarlet-rumped tanager is aptly if not rather uncreatively named. These tanagers are common everywhere at lower elevations. Their black bodies and light bills make exposure a bit of a challenge, so I was pleased to come away with this shot of one in Sarapiquí.

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