Tanagers & Allies

White-lined Tanager

Tachyphonus rufus

The White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) is a 34 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Tanagers & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

34 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

14

Recorded in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Panama, Argentina, Peru, Suriname, Paraguay, GF, Guyana, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Asa Wright Nature Center (Trinidad and Tobago); Alto Anchicayá - El Descanso (Doña Dora) (Colombia); Cuffie River Nature Retreat (Trinidad and Tobago); Blanchisseuse Road (Trinidad and Tobago); Via Escuque-La Palma—Sector Campo Alegre y Areas Circunvecinas (Venezuela).

Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist