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16/10/2007;
Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua,
Itapajé, Ceará, Brasil.
200 mm F2.8 lens
© 2007 by Hermann Redies

Piranga flava;
Hepatic Tanager;
Sanhaço-de-fogo.

Family: Emberizidae
Subfamily: Thraupinae

The photos are a little blurred, but show enough details to identify this bird as a female Hepatic Tanager. Compare with drawing in Ridgely and Tudor 1989, plate 18/2.
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava)