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Yellow-backed Tanager
Hemithraupis flavicollis (Vieillot, 1818)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Yellow-backed Tanager, Hemithraupis flavicollis, is a tanager of Middle and South America, ranging from Panama through to south-eastern Brazil and south-eastern Peru. First described by Vieillot in 1818, it belongs to the family Thraupidae. It is a relatively small bird, and the sexes differ in appearance. Males usually show a black head, neck, wings and tail, with a yellow throat, back and vent, plus white underparts. Females are yellow on the throat, rump, wing coverts and breast, with olive on the crown, neck, back, belly and tail.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Panama to se Brazil and se Peru
