Tanagers
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Thraupidae
The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly coloured. They are seed eaters, but their preference tends towards fruit and nectar. Most have short, rounded wings.
- Olive Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli
- Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio leucothorax
- White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus
- Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Passerini's Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia
- Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Nicaragua