Paradise Tanager
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| Tangara chilensis Vigors, 1832 |
The Paradise Tanager, Tangara chilensis is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose 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, Ecuador, Brazil and the upper parts of the Amazon. Paradise Tanager is also found in the lower Amazon Basin, in the northeast, adjacent to the Guyanas, and absent from the central and southeast basin.
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
[edit] External links
- Paradise Tanager videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- IUCN Red List
- Photo-Medium Res; Article borderland-tours
- Stamps (for Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname)
- Paradise Tanager photo gallery VIREO
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Categories: Least Concern species | Tangara | Birds of South America | Birds of the Amazon Basin | Birds of Bolivia | Birds of Brazil | Birds of Colombia | Birds of Ecuador | Birds of Peru | Birds of Venezuela | Birds of the Guianas | Birds of Guyana | Birds of French Guiana | Birds of Suriname | Bird stubs
