Spectacular Crimson-backed Tanagers Take Center Stage in Panama | June 11, 2024

A spectacular look at a Crimson-backed Tanager thanks to our talented camera operators and the tasty food offered at the Canopy Lodge fruit feeders. The Crimson-backed Tanager is restricted to the lowlands and valleys of northern Colombia, northwestern Venezuela, and Panama. It closely resembles several other species in the genus Ramphocelus, but no similar species occurs within its range. It is a handsome bird, with scarlet flanks and rump grading into deep velvety crimson head and back. The base of the mandible in the adult male is swollen and brilliant white. Females and young birds are duller dusky red-brown. They travel in noisy flocks in scrub, edge, and secondary growth and are generally common, particularly in areas with human activity.
Watch LIVE 24/7 with highlights and viewing resources at allaboutbirds.org/panamafeeders
The Panama Fruit Feeder Cam is a collaboration between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Canopy Family, and explore.org.
Learn more of what the Canopy Family has to offer at canopytower.com
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About the Site
The Panama Fruit Feeder Cam is located on the grounds of the Canopy Lodge in El Valle de Antón, Panama. This site is just over 2,000 ft above sea level in the low mountains of Cerro Gaital, with a mild springtime climate year-round. A small stream called Rio Guayabo runs past the feeders in the background, and the lush landscaping of the Canopy Lodge grounds grade into the forested slopes around them. The feeding table is around 40 feet from the main lodge, and is one of several feeders provisioned throughout the day so that guests to the lodge are greeted to spectacular views of many of the common birds found in this ecosystem.
About the Canopy Lodge
The Canopy Lodge is a full service lodge specializing in nature tourism with a focus on birds. It is about 60 miles west of Panama City in the picturesque village of El Valle de Antón, right in the center of the gigantic crater of an extinct volcano. This is the largest inhabited crater in the Western Hemisphere and second only to the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. It is surrounded by the Cerro Gaital Natural Monument.
Canopy Lodge is one of a series of three ecotourism ventures developed by the Canopy Family. The first, Canopy Tower, involved transforming a former U.S. radar station overlooking the Panama Canal in Soberanía National Park into a unique birding lodge embedded in the canopy of the surrounding forest. Their newest property, Canopy Camp, offers a taste of some of the wildest lowland rainforest in Panama in the Darién region.
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Thank you for allowing us the privilege to watch such a beautiful bird.

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ALL birds are jewels!

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Gorgeous! 😘

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Stunning 😍

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Colir is gorgeous

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Stunning!

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Gorgeous 💖

[@MyraRFinch]

We have a 0:23 Tanager at our feeder here in South Carolina every day. It's SO beautiful. The Summer Tanager doesn't have the black wings. The male is Bright red and the female is yellow. Beautiful birds ❤ 0:23

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I saw a blue tanager years ago, will never forget it because I haven't seen one since. Thank you for sharing these videos❤