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title: "Silver-beaked Tanager"
description: "Ramphocelus carbo — Uccelli. The silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/silver-beaked-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Silver-beaked Tanager

> Ramphocelus carbo — Uccelli. The silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

- Scientific name: *Ramphocelus carbo*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5465
- Wikidata: [Q906965](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q906965)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10056](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10056)

## Names

- en: Silver-beaked Tanager
- de: Purpurtangare
- es: Fueguero oscuro
- fr: Tangara à bec d'argent
- nl: Fluweeltangare
- pt: Pipira-vermelha
- pl: Tapiranga ciemna

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1576), PE (896), EC (670), CO (537), GF (403), BO (354), TT (219), VE (152), GY (105), SR (104), AR (4), PY (3)

## Summary

The silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found on Trinidad and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay, though it is recorded in Argentina only as a vagrant.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver-beaked_tanager

## Photo

![Silver-beaked Tanager](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/silver-beaked-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74347152

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/silver-beaked-tanager?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).