Sunday, June 15, 2025

June 15, 2025

I am a Crimson-collared Tanager
I'm black with a white bill and a hood colored rud.
My scientific name is based on the Latin word "sanguinārius"
Which means "full of, or abounding in blood".

Location: Donde de Cope, Costa Rica

Sources: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/crctan1/cur/identification

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sanguinary#English

https://www.google.com/search?q=definition+%22rud%22&oq=definition+%22rud%22&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l9.9090j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Photo and text © 2025 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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