Silvery-breasted Tanager

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Silvery-breasted Tanager
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Tangara
Species: T. velia
Subspecies: T. v. cyanomelas
Trinomial name
Tangara velia cyanomelas
Wied, 1830
Synonyms

Tangara cyanomelas

The Silvery-breasted Tanager (Tangara velia cyanomelas) is a subspecies of the Opal-rumped Tanager but sometimes considered a distinct species Tangara cyanomelas. It is endemic to Brazil.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. When it was still considered a good species, it was listed as Least Concern by the IUCN[1].

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  1. ^ E.g. Baillie et al. (2004).

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