Silver-beaked Tanager 1903575 208594370 2008-04-27T20:08:25Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes {{Taxobox | name = Silver-beaked Tanager | image = sbtanager2.jpg | image_width = 200px | status = LC | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = [[Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Thraupidae]] | genus = ''[[Ramphocelus]]'' | species = '''''R. carbo''''' | binomial = ''Ramphocelus carbo'' | binomial_authority = ([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], [[1764]]) }} The '''Silver-beaked Tanager''', ''Ramphocelus carbo'', is a medium-sized [[passerine]] [[bird]]. This [[tanager]] is a resident breeder in [[South America]] from eastern [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]] south to [[Paraguay]] and central [[Brazil]], and on [[Trinidad]]. It is common and conspicuous in some areas&mdash;it may be the bird most often heard and seen in [[Suriname]].{{Fact|date=April 2008}} Silver-beaked Tanagers are 18 cm long and weigh 25 g. Adult males are velvety crimson black with a deep crimson throat and breast. The upper mandible of the bill is black, but the enlarged lower mandible is bright silver in appearance. The bill is pointed upwards in display. The female is much duller, with brownish upperparts, reddish brown underparts and a black bill. There is considerable plumage variation between the various subspecies, differing mainly in the degree of contrast between the upperparts and the throat and breast. It occurs in light woodland and cultivation areas. The bulky cup nest is usually built in a bush, and the normal clutch is two green-blue eggs blotched with black-brown. The female incubates the eggs for 11-12 days before they hatch. The chicks fledge after another 11-12 days. These are social birds which eat mainly [[fruit]], but [[insect]]s are also taken. The Silver-beaked Tanager is often seen in groups of six to ten, frequently giving a call described as ''cheeng''. Its song is a slow thin ''kick-wick''. ==References ==<!-- Zootaxa1174:1 --> * {{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=53819|title=Ramphocelus carbo|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern *{{cite book | last = ffrench<!--this name should not be capitalized--> | first = Richard | title = A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago | edition = 2nd edition | year = 1991 | publisher = Comstock Publishing | isbn = 0-8014-9792-2 }} *{{cite book | last = Hilty | first = Steven L | title = Birds of Venezuela | publisher = Christopher Helm | date = 2003 | location = London | isbn = 0-7136-6418-5 }} ===External links=== *[http://webserv.nhl.nl/~ribot/english/index.htm Page with photos and a sound file] &ndash; from the Birds of Suriname * [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=9171 Silver-beaked Tanager videos] on the Internet Bird Collection *[http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/20110900.htm Stamps] (for [[Suriname]]) with RangeMap *[http://borderland-tours.com/v2/images/stories/borderland/gallery_photos/ecuador/131%20silver-beaked%20tanager.jpg Photo]; [http://borderland-tours.com/v2/content/view/47/69/ Article] &ndash; borderland-tours *[http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=silver-beaked+tanager&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Silver-beaked Tanager photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Ramphocelus+carbo Photo-High Res-(shows black/ silver bill)] <!--see a good RangeMap/maps, lists, etc at: "www.natureserve.org"(then 'InfoNatura')....only category shown for the species: "Permanent Resident"--> <!--southern half of the Caatinga--> [[Category:Ramphocelus]] [[Category:Birds of South America|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of the Amazon Basin|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of the Guianas|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of Marajó Island|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of the Cerrado|Tanager, Swallow]] [[Category:Birds of the Caatinga|Tanager, Swallow]] [[Category:Birds of the Pantanal|Tanager, Swallow]] [[Category:Birds of Brazil|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of Venezuela|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of Colombia|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of Ecuador|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of Peru|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of Bolivia|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of Paraguay|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of Guyana|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of Suriname|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of French Guiana|Tanager, Silver-beaked]] [[Category:Birds of Trinidad and Tobago|Tanager, Silver-beaked]]