included in the family Thraupidae, the "true" tanagers. Olive-backed tanager, Mitrospingus oleagineus Red-billed pied tanager, Lamprospiza melanoleuca Olive-green tanager, Orthogonys chloricterus (E) Cardinal grosbeaks Order: PasseriformesFamily: Cardinalidae The cardinals are a family of robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages. Hepatic tanager, Piranga flava Summer tanager, Piranga rubra Scarlet tanager, Piranga olivacea White-winged tanager, Piranga leucoptera Red-crowned ant-tanager, Habia rubica Black-backed grosbeak, Pheucticus aureoventris (V) Rose-breasted grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus (V) Rose-breasted chat, Granatellus pelzelni Yellow-green grosbeak, Caryothraustes canadensis Red-and-black grosbeak, Periporphyrus erythromelas Blackish-blue seedeater, Amaurospiza moesta Glaucous-blue grosbeak, Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea Amazonian grosbeak, Cyanoloxia rothschildii Ultramarine grosbeak, Cyanoloxia brissonii Dickcissel, Spiza americana (V) Tanagers Order: PasseriformesFamily: Thraupidae The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly colored. As a family they are omnivorous, but individual species specialize in eating fruits, seeds, insects, or other types of food. Most have short, rounded wings. Blue-backed tanager, Cyanicterus cyanicterus Hooded tanager, Nemosia pileata Cherry-throated tanager, Nemosia rourei (E) (critically endangered) Scarlet-throated tanager, Compsothraupis loricata (E) Brown tanager, Orchesticus abeillei (E) (near-threatened) Yellow-shouldered grosbeak, Parkerthraustes humeralis Green honeycreeper, Chlorophanes spiza Guira tanager, Hemithraupis guira Rufous-headed tanager, Hemithraupis ruficapilla (E) Yellow-backed tanager, Hemithraupis flavicollis Bicolored conebill, Conirostrum bicolor Pearly-breasted conebill, Conirostrum margaritae Chestnut-vented conebill, Conirostrum speciosum Stripe-tailed yellow-finch, Sicalis citrina Orange-fronted yellow-finch, Sicalis columbiana Saffron finch, Sicalis flaveola Grassland yellow-finch, Sicalis luteola Mourning sierra finch, Rhopospina fruticeti (V) Blue finch, Rhopospina caerulescens Paramo seedeater, Catamenia homochroa Scaled flowerpiercer, Diglossa duidae Greater flowerpiercer, Diglossa major Uniform finch, Haplospiza unicolor Blue-black grassquit, Volatinia jacarina Black-and-white tanager, Conothraupis speculigera (near-threatened) Cone-billed tanager, Conothraupis mesoleuca (E) (endangered) Flame-crested tanager, Loriotus cristatus Yellow-crested tanager, Loriotus rufiventer White-shouldered tanager, Loriotus luctuosus Fulvous-crested tanager, Tachyphonus surinamus Ruby-crowned tanager, Tachyphonus coronatus White-lined tanager, Tachyphonus rufus Red-shouldered tanager, Tachyphonus phoenicius Gray-headed tanager, Eucometis penicillata Black-goggled tanager, Trichothraupis melanops Pileated finch, Coryphospingus pileatus Red-crested finch, Coryphospingus cucullatus Masked crimson tanager, Ramphocelus nigrogularis Silver-beaked tanager, Ramphocelus carbo Brazilian tanager, Ramphocelus bresilius (E) Fulvous shrike-tanager, Lanio fulvus White-winged shrike-tanager, Lanio versicolor Coal-crested finch, Charitospiza eucosma (near-threatened) Short-billed honeycreeper, Cyanerpes nitidus Purple honeycreeper, Cyanerpes caeruleus Red-legged honeycreeper, Cyanerpes cyaneus Swallow tanager, Tersina viridis White-bellied dacnis, Dacnis albiventris Black-faced dacnis, Dacnis lineata Yellow-bellied dacnis, Dacnis flaviventer Black-legged dacnis, Dacnis nigripes (E) (near-threatened) Blue dacnis, Dacnis cayana Lesson's seedeater, Sporophila bouvronides Lined seedeater,