Paradise Tanager
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| Tangara chilensis Vigors, 1832 |
The Paradise Tanager, Tangara chilensis is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird with length varies between 13.5 and 15cm. It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage. The beak and legs are black.
Found in South America, they are fairly widespread and can be seen in Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Brazil and the upper parts of the Amazon.
The Paradise Tanager is common throughout its range. It is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Tangara chilensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
