Yellow-crested Tanager (Loriotus rufiventer)
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Yellow-crested Tanager

Loriotus rufiventer (Spix, 1825)

15–16 cmLength19 gWeight

Busiest months: August and October · Most records: Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: August and October · Most records: Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Yellow-crested Tanager has been recorded at 34 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 3 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

  1. Waqanki/Quebrada MishquiyaquilloPeru198 records
  2. Sadiri LodgeBolivia121 records
  3. Pantiacolla LodgePeru117 records
More places
  1. Waqanki/Quebrada Mishquiyaquillo – Senda CrestaPeru112 records
  2. Estación Biológica de Cocha CashuPeru80 records
  3. Amazonía LodgePeru80 records
  4. Asociacion para La Conservacion de Aves y La Biodiversidad Koepcke's HermitPeru50 records
  5. Manu Birding LodgePeru40 records
  6. Pumarinri Amazon LodgePeru38 records
  7. ACR Cordillera Escalera – El Mono y La GataPeru35 records

Countries and regions with the most records

PeruBoliviaBrazil

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

Questions

How big is the Yellow-crested Tanager?

The Yellow-crested Tanager is about 15–16 cm long and weighs around 19 g.

Where does the Yellow-crested Tanager live?

Its breeding range: South America: southwestern Amazonia. It is most often recorded in Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.

When is the best time to see the Yellow-crested Tanager?

At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in August and October (Southern Hemisphere).

What does the Yellow-crested Tanager eat?

Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.

What family is the Yellow-crested Tanager in?

It belongs to the family Tanagers & Allies (Thraupidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).

At a glance

Length
15–16 cm
Weight
19 g
Habitat
Forest
Diet
Insects & other invertebrates
Lifestyle
Perches in trees
Migration
Resident (barely migrates)
More measurements
Wing
75 mm
Tail
70 mm
Bill
16 mm
Tarsus
18 mm

Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.

Range

South America: southwestern Amazonia

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Order
Passerines Passeriformes
Family
Tanagers & Allies Thraupidae
Genus
Loriotus

Other birds in the genus Loriotus

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Yellow-crested Tanager

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