An eye-catching scarlet rump
Except for a blazing, flaming red rump, he is wearing a suit that is almost entirely midnight black.
Black with lemony yellow lower back, rump, and higher tail coverts (subspecies icteronotus) or the same region warmer yellow to orange, red, or scarlet (Ramphocelus flammigerus), the flame-rumped tanager is a bird (subspecies flammigerus).
It is believed that the birds with less scarlet are hybrids or intergrade species.
The top and head of females are mostly olive grey.
Underneath, on the lower back, and on the rump, they are yellow and orange.
In extreme western Ecuador, Colombia, and western Panama, these birds can be found at low to moderate elevations.
The main forest and its borders, second growth, overgrown areas, gardens, and parks are preferred habitats for the flame-rumped tanager.
The core forest appears to be devoid of Icteronotus subspecies.
Like other tanager species, the flame-rumped tanager eats fruits, seeds, and invertebrates.
The flame-rumped tanager’s methods of reproduction remain unclear.
However, it is well known that a nest in the form of an open cup is constructed, into which a pair of two eggs bearing black, brown, or lilac markings are laid. Two broods are grown each season.
