Seven-color tangare

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Seven-color tangare
Seven-color tangare

Seven-color tangare

Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Family : Tangaren (Thraupidae)
Subfamily : Thraupinae
Genre : Schillertangaren ( Tangara )
Type : Seven-color tangare
Scientific name
Tangara chilensis
( Vigors , 1832)

The paradise tanager or Paradiestangare ( Tangara chilensis ) is a songbird from the family of tanagers (Thraupidae).

Appearance

The seven-colored tangerine has a body length of about 14 cm and a weight of about 20.5 g. The top of the head and the sides of the head are apple green, the short and stiff feathers make these areas appear scaly. The dark circles are black. The upper side is predominantly black, the rump dark red, sometimes the lower part yellowish orange. The upper tail-coverts are colored golden yellow. A narrow, turquoise stripe runs over the shoulders. The throat is purple, the rest of the underside is predominantly turquoise blue. The lower center of the chest, the belly and the under tail-coverts are black.

Systematics and distribution

The seven-colored tangar lives in northern South America , where it occurs at altitudes of up to 1450 m. They can be found in Venezuela, Brazil, eastern Colombia to northern Bolivia and in the Guyanas . Despite its scientific name, it is not found in Chile .

The subspecies of this Tangarenart can be distinguished by the different back coloration. The nominate form is easy to determine. The subspecies chlorocorys , caelicolor and paradisea all have different colored yellow dorsal plumage, whereas paradisea has a yellow-orange color. Tangara chilensis caelicolor with its blue head can also be recognized very well .

Scientific name distribution Back staining
T. c. chilensis
( Vigors , 1832) 		Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil red
T. c. chlorocorys
room , 1929 		Peru yellow
T. c. caelicolor
( Sclater , 1851) 		Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil rapeseed yellow
T. c. paradisea
( Swainson , 1837) 		Venezuela, Guyana, Brazil yellow-orange

Way of life

The diet consists of berries, fruits and insects. The species forms very lively flocks with 4 to 20, sometimes more individuals, who often move through the treetops together with other bird species or mixed flocks of birds.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Steven L. Hilty: Birds of Venezuela. Princeton University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0691092508 , pp. 774-775.
  2. ^ Steven L. Hilty: A guide to the birds of Colombia. Princeton University Press, 1986, ISBN 978-0691083728 , p. 608.

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