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Huallaga tanager

Ramphocelus melanogaster (Swainson, 1838)

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The huallaga tanager (Ramphocelus melanogaster) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 25 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Huallaga tanager (Ramphocelus melanogaster)
Photo: Nick Athanas · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the huallaga tanager

Weight
25 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

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Huallaga tanager (Ramphocelus melanogaster)
David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the huallaga tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the huallaga tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Huallaga tanager (Ramphocelus melanogaster) or black-bellied tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is endemic to Peru.

From the Wikipedia article “Huallaga tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Huallaga_tanager&oldid=1375462690), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the huallaga tanager endangered?

The huallaga tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the huallaga tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusRamphocelus
  7. SpeciesRamphocelus melanogaster (Swainson, 1838)

Synonyms Ramphopis melanogaster

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Black-bellied tanagerEnglish
  • Black-bellied tanagerEnglish
  • Hallaga tanagerEnglish
  • tàngara del riu HuallagaCatalan
  • tangara černobřicháCzech
  • tanagr tordduWelsh
  • Sortbuget FløjlstangarDanish
  • SchwarzbauchtangareGerman
  • huajaga tangaroEsperanto
  • Tangara de HuallagaSpanish
  • Tangara del HuallagaSpanish
  • ketšua karmiintangaraEstonian
  • hualiagantangaraFinnish
  • Lanion du HuallagaFrench
  • Tangara du HuallagaFrench
  • hulalagaška tangaraCroatian
  • Tanagra del HuallagaItalian
  • クロハラベニフウキンチョウJapanese
  • juodapilvė raštuotoji tanagraLithuanian
  • ZwartbuiktangareDutch
  • huallagatanagarNorwegian
  • tapiranga kreskowanaPolish
  • pipira-do-hualhagaPortuguese
  • tangará-do-huallagaPortuguese
  • Чернобрюхий сереброклювRussian
  • Чернобрюхая расписная танаграRussian
  • sangara čiernobrucháSlovak
  • Crnotrba tangaraSerbian
  • huallagatangaraSwedish
  • Huallaga TangarasıTurkish
  • тапіранга чорночереваUkrainian
  • 黑腹腫嘴雀Chinese
  • 黑腹厚嘴唐纳雀Chinese

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Relatives of the huallaga tanager

Other species in the same genus Ramphocelus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the huallaga tanager?

An adult huallaga tanager weighs 25 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the huallaga tanager endangered?

The huallaga tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the huallaga tanager?

The huallaga tanager (Ramphocelus melanogaster) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Huallaga tanager (Ramphocelus melanogaster). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/huallaga-tanager

MLA

“Huallaga tanager (Ramphocelus melanogaster).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/huallaga-tanager.

BibTeX
@misc{huallaga_tanager_2026,
  title = {Huallaga tanager (Ramphocelus melanogaster)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/huallaga-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}