Bird Watchers’ Corner

Silver-beaked Tanager

A Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) in Georgetown. (Photo by Kester Clarke http://www.kesterclarke.net)
A Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) in Georgetown. (Photo by Kester Clarke http://www.kesterclarke.net)

 

Adult male Silver-beaked Tanagers are velvety crimson black with a deep crimson throat and breast. The upper mandible of the bill is black, but the enlarged lower mandible is bright silver in appearance. The bill is pointed upwards in display. Females are much duller, with brownish upperparts, reddish brown underparts and a black bill.