This female Flame-rumped Tanager has been raising this parasitic cowbird who is now much larger that the host bird.

The Flame-rumped Tanager is a fairly large tanager found in open habitats in lowlands and foothills below 1,500 m. Male is all black with contrasting rump varying from lemon yellow to red. Female is dark blackish-brown above and yellow below, sometimes with an orange breast band. She also has a contrasting rump varying from lemon yellow to red. On both sexes, note stout silver bill with dark tip.

The Shiny Cowbird is a found in semiopen and open grassy areas. The male is glossy blue-black overall (often looks simply black) and the female is plain grayish-brown overall. As brood parasites, they lay their eggs in other species' nests and never build their own or raise their own young.

This image was photographed in Ecuador guided by Neotropic Photo Tours.

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The Flame-rumped Tanager is a fairly large tanager found in open habitats in lowlands and foothills below 1,500 m. Male is all black with contrasting rump varying from lemon yellow to red. Female is dark blackish-brown above and yellow below, sometimes with an orange breast band. She also has a contrasting rump varying from lemon yellow to red. On both sexes, note stout silver bill with dark tip.

This image was photographed in Ecuador guided by Neotropic Photo Tours.

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Medium-sized hummingbird, male mostly green with turquoise tones. Female green above and gray below. On both sexes, note contrasting white undertail coverts to distinguish from other hummingbirds. Most similar to Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer, but tail dark blue-black, not bronzy. Usually seen singly at flowers in forest, edges, or shrubby second growth.

This image was photographed in Ecuador guided by Neotropic Photo Tours.

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Male is a fairly distinctive seedeater with yellow belly (sometimes very pale), dark breast and face, and brownish-olive back. Often shows some smudgy dark marks down the flanks. Bill is pale silvery. Female seedeaters are extremely difficult to identify; Yellow-bellied tends to look warmer with yellowish tones on underparts, but many are best left unidentified unless accompanied by a male. Most often found in flocks or pairs in open grassy habitats, sometimes near the edge of forest but also in agricultural areas.

This image was photographed in Ecuador guided by Neotropic Photo Tours.

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At home in suburbs, parks, rural farmland, and other open areas with thick tangles. In the breeding season, it is often singing its effervescent song from the top of a bush or fence post. Plumage doesn't show much contrast: plain brown overall, slightly paler below, with some dark barring on the wings and tail. Lacks white eyebrow. In winter they are more secretive, preferring brushy tangles, thickets, and hedgerows.

This one was photographed in Ecuador guided by Neotropic Photo Tours.

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