Ramphocelus carbo

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea

Familia: Thraupidae
Genus: Ramphocelus
Species: Ramphocelus carbo
Subspecies: R. c. atrosericeus – R. c. capitalis – R. c. carbo – R. c. centralis – R. c. connectens – R. c. magnirostris – R. c. unicolor – R. c. venezuelensis
Name

Ramphocelus carbo (Pallas, 1764)

Type locality: Suriname

Synonymy

Lanius carbo (protonym)
Ramphopis atrococcineus Swainson, 1834 Sel.BirdsBrazilMexico pl.20 BHL

References

Pallas, P.S. 1764. Adumbratiunculæ. Avium variarum præcedenti Elencho insertarum, sed quæ in Systemate Naturæ Illustr. Linnæi nondum extant. p. 1–7. BHL In Vroeg, A. Catalogue raisonné d'une collection supérieurement belle d'oiseaux, tant exotiques qu'européens, de quadrupeds et d'insectes. BHL Reference page. : 2, no. 114 & 115 BHL

Vernacular names
Cymraeg: Tanagr pigwyn
English: Silver-beaked Tanager
español: Tangara picoplata
français: Tangara à bec d'argent
magyar: Ezüstcsőrű tangara
Nederlands: Fluweeltangare
português: Pipira-vermelha
svenska: Silvernäbbad tangara

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, Perú and on Trinidad. It is common and conspicuous.
Ramphocelus carbo

Silver-beaked tanagers are 18 centimetres (7 in) long and weigh 25 grams (0.88 oz). 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 cultivated 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 11–13 days before they hatch.[2] The chicks fledge after another 11–12 days.

Individuals may live at least 11 years in the wild.[2]

These are social birds which eat mainly fruit, but vines, nectar, short grass[3] and insects 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.

The silver-beaked tanager was first described by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name Lanius carbo.[4][5][6]
References

BirdLife International (2016). "Ramphocelus carbo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22722507A94770041. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722507A94770041.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Lima, Jônatas; Guiherme, Edson (22 June 2020). "Breeding biology and biometrics of Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo connectens in south-west Brazilian Amazonia". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 140 (2): 170-181. doi:10.25226/bboc.v140i2.2020.a8.
"Ramphocelus carbo (Silver-beaked Tanager)" (PDF). Sta.uwi.edu. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
Paynter, Raymond A. Jnr (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 313.
Sherborn, C. Davies (1905). "The new species of birds in Vroeg's catalogue, 1764". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 47: 332–341 [335 Nos. 114 & 115]. Includes a transcript of the 1764 text.

Rookmaaker, L.C.; Pieters, F.F.J.M. (2000). "Birds in the sales catalogue of Adriaan Vroeg (1764) described by Pallas and Vosmaer". Contributions to Zoology. 69 (4): 271–277. doi:10.1163/18759866-06904005.

Bibliography
ffrench, Richard (1991). A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago (2nd ed.). Comstock Publishing. ISBN 0-8014-9792-2.
Hilty, Steven L (2003). Birds of Venezuela. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-6418-5.