Puerto Rican Tanager
Photo: Mike's Birds · CC BY-SA 2.0

Puerto Rican Tanager

Puerto Rican Tanager

Nesospingus speculiferus

VUVulnerable Endemic to Puerto Rico
Family
Puerto Rican Tanager (Nesospingidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The Puerto Rican tanager (Nesospingus speculiferus) is a small passerine bird endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico. It is the only member of the genus Nesospingus and has historically been placed in the tanager family, but recent studies indicate it as either belonging in its own family Nesospingidae or as being a member of Phaenicophilidae. Its closest relatives are likely the spindalises (family Spindalidae, sometimes also considered a member of the Phaenicophilidae). The Puerto Rican tanager is known to locals as llorosa, which means 'cryer'.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Highlands of Puerto Rico.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.