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- Tangara fastuosa
Identification
Male and female are similar.
Similar Species
It resembles the overall greener Green-headed Tanager (a species somewhat confusingly known as the seven-coloured tanager (saíra-sete-cores) in Portuguese).
Similar species
Paradise Tanager and Green-headed Tanager are both somewhat similar but do not overlap in range.
Distribution
South America: found in coastal north-eastern Brazil (southern Paraíba, eastern Pernambuco and Alagoas).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Mid-elevation Atlantic Forest. Relatively tolerant of habitat fragmentation but threatened by capture for the pet trade.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Seven-colored Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 March 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Seven-colored_Tanager
External Links
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