Opal-rumped Tanager

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Opal-rumped Tanager

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Tangara
Species: T. velia
Binomial name
Tangara velia
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. The Silvery-breasted Tanager is usually included herein as a subspecies Tangara velia cyanomelas. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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