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Beryl-spangled Tanager

Tangara nigroviridis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestSmall · 17 g
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), photo 1
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), photo 2
Photo: Frank Dietze · CC BY 4.0
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), photo 3
Photo: russnamitz · CC0
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), photo 4
Photo: russnamitz · CC0
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), photo 5
Photo: Allan Harris · CC0
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), photo 6
Photo: Charlie O'Brien · CC0
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), photo 7
Photo: Charlie O'Brien · CC0
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), photo 8
Photo: Ryan F. Mandelbaum · CC BY 4.0
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), photo 9
Photo: José Loiza, Aves y Conservación · Public domain
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), photo 10
Photo: Ana Agreda, Aves y Conservación · Public domain

What the Beryl-spangled Tanager sounds like

Sonogram of the Beryl-spangled Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Zamora-Chinchipe: Reserva Tapichalaca, near Q. Cristopher Parson, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Beryl-spangled Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Pichincha: Tandayapa ridge 3 km SSW Tandayapa, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Beryl-spangled Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, calls · Pichincha: Maquipucuna, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

It is a small songbird, measuring 13 cm (5.1 in) in length. Its plumage is largely turquoise, though heavily marked with black spots and scales. Its breast and belly are primarily black, with opalescent greenish spotting.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Beryl-spangled Tanager

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Beryl-spangled Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela Bolivia

About the Beryl-spangled Tanager

The beryl-spangled tanager is a small songbird of the northern Andes.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Plain-colored Tanager (Tangara inornata) Plain-colored TanagerTangara inornataThe plain-colored tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon) Green-headed TanagerTangara seledonThe green-headed tanager is a brightly colored bird found in the Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina. Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis) Paradise TanagerTangara chilensisThe paradise tanager is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm.

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