Magnificent Tangare
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Magnificent tangar ( Tangara preciosa ), male |
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The Prachttangare ( Tangara preciosa ) is an endemic species in South America from the family of tanagers (Thraupidae).
features
The magnificent tangar reaches a body length of about 14 centimeters and a weight of 22.0 to 24.0 grams. The birds are very brightly colored, especially the males. These essentially show the following plumage colors:
- Head and back: copper brown
- Reins: black
- Chest and belly: turquoise
- Rump: yellow-brown
- Arm and hand swing as well as control springs : cobalt blue
- Arm rests and rump : white
Legs and feet are gray. There is a clear sexual dimorphism , as the pale females show a similar, albeit reduced, pattern as the males, but the blue and turquoise elements are replaced by different shades of green.
Similar species
The similarly drawn black- mantled tangar ( Tangara peruviana ) differs in its black back plumage.
distribution and habitat
The distribution area of the species extends from southeast Paraguay and northeast Argentina to the coastal regions in southeast Brazil and Uruguay . Magnificent tangars prefer to colonize forest edges where araucarias ( Araucaria ) grow. They live in an area that extends from the lowlands to an altitude of 1000 meters.
Way of life
The birds feed primarily on fruits, and to a lesser extent also on arthropods . The fruits of pepper trees ( Schinus ), the introduced Japanese loquat ( Eriobotrya japonica ) or cultivated fruits are gladly accepted. The magnificent tangars live in pairs or in small groups, sometimes in company with other species of tanagers. There is only very incomplete information on breeding behavior.
Hazard and protection
The magnificent tangar is not uncommon in protected areas and national parks and is therefore classified by the IUCN as a 
" Least Concern ". The species is very adaptable and is increasingly found in newly established orchards.
Individual evidence
- ^ S. Hilty: Chestnut-backed Tanager (Tangara preciosa). In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christi & E. de Juana (eds.): Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, 2017 (accessed at http://www.hbw.com/node/61702 on February 14, 2017).
- ↑ dissemination
- ^ IUCN Red List
literature
- Josep del Hoyo , Andrew Elliott, David A. Christie: Handbook of the Birds of the World, Tanagers to New World Blackbirds. Volume 16, Lynx Edicions, 2011, ISBN 978-84-96553-78-1 .
Web links
- neotropical.birds - Neotropical Birds
- itis.gov - ITIS Report