Speckled tanager

Ixothraupis guttata

The speckled tanager (Ixothraupis guttata) is a medium-sized passerine bird.

Family: Thraupidae Order: passerines Conservation: Least Concern

About the Speckled tanager

The speckled tanager (Ixothraupis guttata) is a medium-sized passerine bird. It is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname and the north of Brazil. There are also sight records from French Guiana. It is probably a close relative of the spotted tanager (I. punctata) which replaces it to the south. These two species are generally presumably to be fully allopatric, but may actually be parapatric: in 1998 a speckled tanager was found in the Serranía de los Churumbelos (Colombia), just about 160 km (99 mi) north of where spotted tanagers are known to occur. Adult speckled tanagers are 13.2 cm (5.2 in) long and weigh 18 g (0.63 oz). The upperparts are green with black spotting, and the face is yellow with a black line from the eye to the gape. Th

Fun Facts About Speckled tanager

The female incubates the eggs for 13 days to hatching, with another 15 days before the chicks fledge.
These two species are generally presumably to be fully allopatric, but may actually be parapatric: in 1998 a speckled tanager was found in the Serranía de los Churumbelos (Colombia), just about 160 km (99 mi) north of where spotted tanagers are known to occur.
Adult speckled tanagers are 13.2 cm (5.2 in) long and weigh 18 g (0.63 oz).
trinitatis has brighter and more extensive yellow on the head, and the black spotting is more conspicuous.
The small cup nest is built in a tree and the normal clutch is two brown-blotched white eggs.

Conservation Status

The Speckled tanager is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species is currently stable and not at significant risk of population decline.

Taxonomy & Classification

Order	passerines
Family	Thraupidae
Genus	Ixothraupis
Species	Ixothraupis guttata