The Silver-beaked tanager is a member of a typical American family of birds (the Tanagers) with many brightly colored birds. The male of this tanager has a beautifull deep red color (maroon-crimson) and a silver-colored beak (first photo), the female is less conspiciously red as in the second one. They often fly around in groups of six to ten birds, making a lot of noise, calling their Surinamese name 'kin', pronounced as 'tjeeng'. All day they are searching for fruit and insects in the bushes. Their nest has the form of a cup, has often 2 to 3 eggs and can be found in the same bushes. After about twelve days the young hatch and after again twelve days they can fly. The silver-beaked tanager has no specific breeding season in Suriname. All year long nests can be found, more of them in the rainy season. Except calling, they can also sing nicely, this they do often early in the morning.