Swallow Tanager
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Tersina viridis |
Tersina is a genus of tanager. It contains a single species, the Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis).
The species is somewhat dimorphic, as the female is a yellow-green, and the male a brighter light emerald-green, with a small deep black face and upper throat patch.
[edit] External links
- Swallow Tanager videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Stamps (for Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela) with RangeMap
- Swallow Tanager photo gallery VIREO
- Photo-Medium Res; Article chandra.as.utexas.edu—"Birds of Brazil"
- Photo-Medium Res; Article nhl.nl—(Suriname birds)
- Photo-High Res; Article neomorphus--"Colombian Birds"
- Photo-High Res-(female); Photo-(male); Article stevenrotsch