Some birds that are called Tanagers are actually in the Cardinal family Cardinalidae.

Genus Anisognathus

Tanager, Blue-winged Mountain-  Anisognathus somptuosus  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Tad Boniecki - Ecuador  2) Will George



Genus Certhidea - 1 species

Finch, Warbler Certhidea olivacea  Found: The Galapagos Islands
Photographed - the Galapagos Islands by Dick Daniels
Note - this species might be misidentified.



Genus Chlorophanes - 1 species

Honeycreeper, Green  Chlorophanes spiza   Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 5)  New Jersy Birds  2, 3, 4, 8) Dario Sanches - Brazil  6)  Sandy Cole - the North Carolina Zoo 
    7) Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica
1 - 4) Male   5 - 8) Female  3, 4) Juvenile




Genus Cnemoscopus - 1 species

Tanager, Gray-hooded Bush-  Cnemoscopus rubrirostris  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Dario Sanches - Brazil  2) Ana Agreda



Genus Coereba - 1 species

Bananaquit Coereba flaveola   Found: North America (Florida, but rarely), Caribbean, South America
Photographed by:1) Dick Daniels - Jamaica  2, 3) Dick - St. John, Virgin Islands  4) Dick - St. John 
    5, 8) New Jersy Birds  6) Dick - Puerto Rico   7) Dick - Puerto Rico
1, 2) Juvenile  8) Black morph




Genus Conirostrum

Conebill, Bicolored  Conirostrum bicolor  Found: South America
Photographed b: 1, 2) New Jersy Birds
1) Female  2) Male



Genus Coryphospingus

Finch, Red-crested Coryphospingus cucullatus  Found: South America
Photographed by:  1, 2) Cláudio Timm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
1) Male  2) Female



Genus Cyanerpes

Honeycreeper, Purple  also Yellow-legged Honeycreeper  Cyanerpes caeruleus  Found: Central and South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 5) Dick Daniels - Butterfly World - Florida  4, 6) Dick - Butterfly World  3, 7) New Jersy Birds
1, 2, 3) Female  4 - 7) Male



Honeycreeper, Red-legged  Cyanerpes cyaneus   Found: Central and South America
Photographed by:  1) New Jersy Birds  2) Dick Daniels - Butterfly World in Florida 



Genus Dacnis

Dacnis, Blue also Turquoise Honeycreeper  Dacnis cayana  Found: Central and South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6) Dario Sanches  4, 7) Claudio Timm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 
   8) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo




Genus Emberizoides

Finch,Gray-cheeked Grass- Emberizoides ypiranganus  Found: southern South America
Photographed by:  1) Cláudio Timm  2) Lip Kee Yap - Argentina


Finch, Wedge-tailed Grass- Emberizoides herbicola  Found: Central and South America
Photographed by:  1, 2) Dario Sanches - Piraju, São Paulo, Brazil  3, 4) Cláudio Timm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 


Genus Euneornis - 1 species

Orangequit  Euneornis campestris  Found: Jamaica
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3, 4) Dick Daniels - Jamaica
1, 2) Male  3, 4) Female



Genus Hemispingus

Hemispingus, Parodi's  Hemispingus parodii  Found: Peru
Photographed by: 1, 2)  Dominic Sherony



Genus Hemithraupis

Tanager, Rufous-headed  Hemithraupis ruficapilla  Found: Brazil
Photographed by: 1) Gustavo Magnago  2) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
1) Male  2) Female



Genus Mitrospingus

Tanager, Dusky-faced  Mitrospingus cassinii  Found: South America
Photographed by: Dominic Sherony 



Genus Nemosia

Tanager, Hooded  Nemosia pileata  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) gjofili  2, 3)  Cláudio Timm - Paraná River border, Argentina
1, 2) Male  3) Female



Genus Paroaria

Cardinal, Red-capped  Paroaria gularis  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels - the North Carolina Zoo   2) Sandy Cole - the North Carolina Zoo
   3) Dick Daniels - the North Carolina Zoo  4) Dick - San Diego Zoo


Cardinal, Red-crested also Brazilian Cardinal  Paroaria coronata  Found: North America (escapee), South America, Hawaii
Photographed by: 1, 3) Dick Daniels - Hawaii  2, 4) Dick Daniels - Hawaii


Cardinal, Yellow-billed Paroaria capitata   Found: South America, Hawaii
Photographed by:  1,  2) Dick Daniels - Hawaii



Genus Phrygilus

Finch, Ash-breasted Sierra  Phrygilus plebejus  Found: South America
Photographed / Drawn by: 1) Dominic Sherony 2) Joseph Wolf


Finch, Patagonian Sierra-  Phrygilus patagonicus  Found: South America
Photographed by dFaulder - Tierra del Fuego National Park



Genus Pipraeidea - 1 species

Tanager, Fawn-breasted Pipraeidea melanonota   Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2) Dario Sanches - Brazil 3) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 





Genus Poospiza

Finch, Black and rufous Warbling-   Poospiza nigrorufa   Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3) Cláudio Timm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 
3) Juvenile


Finch, Red-rumped Warbling- Poospiza cabanisi  Found: southern South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3) Cláudio Timm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 
3) Juvenile



Genus Ramphocelus

Tanager, Brazilian  Ramphocelus bresilius  Found: Brazil
Photographed by: 1, 5) Cláudio Timm - Paraná, Brazil  3, 4, 6) Dario Sanches - Brazil
1, 2) Male  3) possibly juveile male   4,5) Female



Tanager,_Crimson-backed  Ramphocelus dimidiatus  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1)  Francesco Veronesi - El Valle, Panama  2) barloventomagico  3) Dominic Sherony - Fuerte Claiton, Panama


Tanager, Flame-rumped also Flame Rumped Tanager  Ramphocelus icteronotus  Found: South America Photographed by: 1, 4) Julian Londono  2, 3) Dominic Sherony 
1, 2) Female  3, 4) Male


Tanager, Passerini's  Ramphocelus passerinii  Found: Central America
Photographed by: 1, 4) Jerry Oldenettel - Selva Verde Lodge, Costa Rica  2, 3) Dominic Sherony 
1, 2) Male  3, 4) Female


Tanager, Silver-beaked Ramphocelus carbo  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Cláudio Timm - the Amazon, Brazil  2) Thomas Ruedas  3) Dominic Sherony 
3) Female



Genus Saltator
This genus may be in the Cardinalidae family instead of the Thraupidae

Grosbeak, Slate-coloured  Saltator grossus  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Dominic Sherony  2) José Loaizam - Ecuador 3) Jerry Oldenettel - Flores, Costa Rica


Saltator, Black-headed  Saltator atriceps  Found: Central America
Photographed by:  1) Steve Garvie - near Arenal, Costa Rica  2) Dominic Sherony 


Saltator, Golden-billed Saltator aurantiirostris Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


Saltator, Green-winged  Saltator similis  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2) Dario Sanches - Brazil  3) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil


Saltator, Grayish  Saltator coerulescens  Found: South America
Photographed by:  1)  Cláudio Timm - Paraná River border, Argentina
1) Juvenile
 


Genus Sicalis

Finch, Grassland Yellow  Sicalis luteola  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Cláudio Timm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 
1, 2) Male  3, 4, 5) Female



Finch, Saffron Sicalis flaveola Found: South America, Hawaii
Photographed by:  1, 2) Cláudio Timm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil   3) Dick Daniels - Hawaii   
    4, 5, 6) Dario Sanches - Brazil
1, 2) Female  3 - 6) Male




Genus Spindalis

Spindalis, Jamaican   Spindalis nigricephala   Found: Jamaica
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3, 4) Dick Daniels - Jamaica


Spindalis, Puerto Rican   also Puerto Rican Striped-headed Tanager   Spindalis portoricensis  Endemic to Puerto Rico
Photographed by: 1, 2) New Jersy Birds
1) Male  2) Female


Spindalis, Western   Spindalis zena   Found: Mexico, Florida (vagrant), Caribbean
Photographed by: 1, 3) Laura Gooch  2) Dawn Scranton    4) Blake Maybank - Cuba
1) Juvenile male  2, 3) Male  4) Female


Genus Sporophila
The species in Sporophila were previously placed in the Fringillidae family.

Seedeater, Chestnut-bellied  Sporophila castaneiventris  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1)  Cláudio Timm - the Amazon, Brazil  2) Charlie Westerinen - Amazon just above Iquitos, Peru


Seedeater, Double-collared  Sporophila caerulescens  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 5, 6) Dario Sanches - Brazil   3)  Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 
    4) dFaulder - Costanera Sur Nature Reserve, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1, 2) Male  3) Juvenile  4, 5, 6) Female



Seedeater, Lined  Sporophila lineola  Found: South America
Photographed by:  1, 2, 4) Dario Sanches - Brazil   3) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
1, 2, 3) Male  4) Female


Seedeater, Rusty-collared  Sporophila collaris  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  3) Dario Sanches - Brazil
1, 2) Female 3 - 6) Male



Seedeater, Variable  Sporophila corvina  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica  2, 3) Mdf - Panama City
1) Female  2, 3) Male


Seedeater, White-bellied  Sporophila leucoptera  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3) Dario Sanches - Brazil
1, 2) Female  3) Male


Seedeater, White-collared  Sporophila torqueola  Found: North America Photographed by: 1, 2) Carol Foil - Belize  3) Jerry Oldenettel - Cayo, Belize
    4) Hans Hillewaert - Caño Negro, Costa Rica  5) Ned Haight - Golfito, Puntarenas, CR   6) Dominic Sherony  
1) Female  2 - 6) Male




Genus Stephanophorus - 1 species

Tanager, Diademed  Stephanophorus diadematus  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Andrebaptista - southeast Brazil  2, 3) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil



Genus Tachyphonus

Tanager, Ruby-crowned  Tachyphonus coronatus  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 5, 6) Dario Sanches - Brazil  3, 4) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 
1, 2, 3) Male  4, 5, 6) Female



Tanager, White-lined Tachyphonus rufus  Found: Central and South America
Photographed by: 1) Dominic Sherony   2, 4) Doug Janson  3) Steve Garvie - Upper Arima Valley of Trinidad
1, 2, 3) Male  4) Female



Genus Tangara

Tanager, Black-backed  Tangara peruviana  Found: Brazil
Photographed by: 1) Totodu74  2)  Cláudio Timm - Paraná, Brazil
1) Male (mounted)  2) Female


Tanager, Blue-necked  Tangara cyanicollis  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Dominic Sherony  2) Bobo11 - Zurich Zoo  3) Quarti - Walsrode Bird Park, Germany  4) Doug Janson
   4) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo  5) Sandy Cole - San Diego Zoo  6) Dick - San Diego Zoo
3 - 6) Eastern Blue-necked Tanager (Tangara c. coeruleocephalus)



Tanager, Brassy-breasted  Tangara desmaresti  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2) Dario Sanches - Brazil


Tanager, Burnished-buff  Tangara cayana  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3) Dario Sanches - Brazil
1, 2) Male  3) Juvenile


Tanager, Chestnut-backed  Tangara preciosa   Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  4) Paulo Barradas
1) Female  2, 3, 4) Male


Tanager, Flame-faced  Tangara parzudakii Found: South America
Photographed by: David Cook - Peru


Tanager, Golden  Tangara arthus  Found: South America
Photographed by:  1) Jon Sullivan 


Tanager, Golden-hooded  Tangara larvata  Found: Central America, northwest South America
Photographed by: 1) Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica  2) Dominic Sherony - Panama


Tanager, Green-headed Tangara seledon  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3, 4) Dario Sanches - Brazil
4) Juvenile


Tanager, Paradise  Tangara chilensis  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo  2, 3) Sandy Cole - San Diego Zoo


Tanager, Red-necked  Tangara cyanocephala  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3) Dario Sanches - Brazil
1) Juvenile


Tanager, Silver-throated  Tangara icterocephala  Found: South America
Photographed by: Dominic Sherony - Panama


Tanager, Spotted  Tangara punctata  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo   2) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo


Tanager, Turquoise  Tangara mexicana  Found: South America
Photographed by: Dick Daniels - the North Carolina Zoo



Genus Tersina - 1 species

Tanager, Swallow  Tersina viridis  Found: Central and South America
Photographed by: 1, 3, 4, 5) Dario Sanches - Brazil  2) Sandy Cole - San Diego Zoo
1, 2) Male  3, 4, 5) Female




Genus Thlypopsis

Tanager, Orange-headed Thlypopsis sordida  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3) Dario Sanches - Brazil



Genus Thraupis

Tanager, Azure-shouldered  Thraupis cyanoptera  Found: South America
Photographed by: Dario Sanches - Brazil


Tanager, Blue-and-yellow  Thraupis bonariensis  Found: South America
Photographed by:  1, 2, 4)  Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  3, 5) Dario Sanches - Brazil 
1) Female  2) Juvenile  3, 4, 5) Male



Tanager, Blue-gray Thraupis episcopus   Found: South America
Photographed by: 1 Dick Daniels - Washington National Zoo 2) Dominic Sherony - Cusco, Peru 
    3) LB Roller - Trinidad 4) Charlie Westerinen - Equitos Peru 
2) Thraupis e. urubambae


Tanager, Golden-chevroned Thraupis ornata  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2) Dario Sanches - Brazil


Tanager, Palm  Thraupis palmarum  Found: Central and South America
Photographed by: 1) Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica  2, 3) Dario Sanches - Brazil  4) Dominic Sherony 


Tanager, Sayaca  Thraupis sayaca  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2) Dario Sanches - Brazil  3) Cláudio Timm - Brazil



Genus Tiaris

Grassquit, Black-faced Tiaris bicolor  Found: South America
Photographed by:  1, 2) Dick Daniels - Jamaica  3) Dick - Puerto Rico  4) Dick Daniels - Jamaica 
    5) Dick - Puerto Rico  6, 7) New Jersy Birds



Grassquit, Yellow-faced  Tiaris olivaceus  Found: Central America
Photographed by: 1, 2) New Jersy Birds  3, 5, 6) Dick Daniels - Jamaica   4) Dick - Jamaica
1, 2, 3) Male  4, 5, 6) Female




Genus Trichothraupis - 1 species

Tanager, Black-goggled  Trichothraupis melanops  Found: South America
Photographed by: 1) Cláudio Timm - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  2, 3, 4) Dario Sanches - Brazil
1) Male  2, 3, 4) Female



Genus Volatinia - 1 species

Grassquit, Blue-black  Volatinia jacarina  Found: Central and South America
Photographed by: 1) New Jersy Birds  2, 3) Cláudio Timm in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
1, 2) Male  3) Female