Crimson-collared tanager / Flammentangare (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus)

Crimson collared tanager. 2018-02-26 10.49.32 Costa Rica
Classification: Genus Ramphocelus; Family Tanagers (Thraupidae)
General: The crimson-collared tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus) is a rather small Middle American songbird. It was first described by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831, its specific epithet from the Latin adjective sanguinolentus, "bloodied", referring to its red plumage. [more]

First documented observation : 2018-02-26 in Costa Rica.