Emerald tangar

Emerald tangar
	Emerald Tangare ( Tangara florida ), male
Systematics
Order :	Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination :	Songbirds (passeri)
Family :	Tangaren (Thraupidae)
Subfamily :	Thraupinae
Genre :	Schillertangaren ( Tangara )
Type :	Emerald tangar
Scientific name
	Tangara florida
	( Sclater & Salvin , 1869)

The emerald tangar ( Tangara florida ) is a species of bird from the family of the tangar (Thraupidae) that occurs in Central and South America .

features

The emerald tangar reaches a body length of about 12 centimeters and a weight of 16.5 to 20.0 grams. Most of the plumage is colored emerald green to grass green. The base of the beak and the ear covers are black. The hand and arm swing as well as the control springs are partly also black. The sexes essentially only differ in one characteristic: in the males the upper head is yellow, in the females it is green and interspersed with small blackish feathers.

Similar species

The golden breast tangar ( Tangara schrankii ) differs primarily in the yellow color of the breast, the more pronounced black color in the area of the eyes and the ear covers and a bluish coloration of the hand and arm wings.

distribution and habitat

Emerald tangars occur in a narrow strip that stretches from Costa Rica through Panama and Colombia to Ecuador . They prefer to live in moist forests, forest edges and mountain slopes at altitudes between 100 and 1200 meters.

Way of life

The birds feed primarily on fruits and arthropods (Arthropoda). Observations in Colombia showed a proportion of 71% fruit in the diet. The cup-shaped nest is essentially made of moss. It is planted in small trees at heights of up to twelve meters in spring. Details on the breeding behavior are not yet available.

Hazard and protection

The emerald tangar is not uncommon in most of its distribution areas and is therefore classified by the IUCN as a " Least Concern ".

Individual evidence

↑ Hilty, S. (2017). Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, DA & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (Retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/61686 on February 9, 2017).
^ 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

Commons : Emerald Tangare ( Tangara florida ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

neotropical.birds - Neotropical Birds
itis.gov - ITIS Report
xeno-canto - spread

[1] Hilty, S. (2017). Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, DA & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (Retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/61686 on February 9, 2017).

[2] IUCN Red List