| Swallow Tanager | |
|---|---|
| Female | |
| Male in São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Tersina Vieillot, 1819 |
| Species: | T. viridis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tersina viridis (Illiger, 1811) |
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Tersina is a genus of tanager. It contains a single species, the Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis) . It is found widely throughout South America, from Panama to n. Argentina.
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.