- Tangara velia
Includes Silver-breasted Tanager
Identification
Subspecies iridina (eating a ficus fruit)
Photo by Stanley Jones
Reserva Natural Maycu, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador, November 2014
Photo by Stanley Jones
Reserva Natural Maycu, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador, November 2014
12–14 cm (4¾-5½ in); there are marked differences between the races
Nominate
- Deep velvety black crown and nape to back and scapulars
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Silver-breasted Tanager, subspecies cyanomelas
Photo by Xyko Paludo
São Sebastião do Passé, BA, Brazil, October 2017
Photo by Xyko Paludo
São Sebastião do Passé, BA, Brazil, October 2017
There are 4 subspecies[1]:
- T. v. iridina:
- T. v. velia
- The Guianas and northern Amazonian Brazil
- T. v. signata:
- Tropical north-eastern Brazil (south of the Amazon in Pará)
- T. v. cyanomelas: Silver-breasted
- Coastal south-eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro)
Habitat
Terra firme and seasonally flooded forests and occasionally forest borders. Observed at heights around 900 m.
Behaviour
Diet
They are mostly canopy feeders, eating fruit and insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2015)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Opal-rumped Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Opal-rumped_Tanager
