Seven-colored tanager

The seven-colored tanager (Tangara fastuosa) is a vulnerable species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to forests in north-eastern Brazil. It resembles the overall greener green-headed tanager; a species confusingly known as the seven-coloured tanager (saíra-sete-cores) in Portuguese.

Seven-colored tanager
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Tangara
Species:
T. fastuosa
Binomial name
Tangara fastuosa
(Lesson, R, 1831)

The seven-colored tanager is a 13.5 cm bird named for the spectacular coloration of its feathers.[3]

  • Turquoise-green: Head, chin and mantle
  • Black: Lores, area around bill, back, shoulders, and throat
  • Bright blue: Breast and edge of tail
  • Ultramarine blue: Belly
  • Paler turquoise-blue: Wing-coverts
  • Dark blue: Edging to wing feathers
  • Orange: Edging to tertials, rump and lower back

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Tangara fastuosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22722823A94786714. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722823A94786714.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. "VU Seven-coloured Tanager Tangara fastuosa". BirdLife International. Retrieved 10 November 2014.


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