| Chestnut-backed Tanager | |
|---|---|
| male | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Tangara |
| Species: | T. preciosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Tangara preciosa (Cabanis, 1850) |
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The Chestnut-backed Tanager (Tangara preciosa) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil, north-eastern Argentina, eastern Paraguay, and Uruguay. It is closely related to the rarer Black-backed Tanager, and females of the two species are inseparable.