Black-backed Tanager

When to see the Black-backed Tanager

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-backed Tanager

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Black-backed Tanager

The black-backed tanager is a bird species in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to the forests and shrubs of south-eastern Brazil. When first described, it was mistakenly believed that it originates from Peru, leading to the misleading scientific name peruviana. It is closely related to the chestnut-backed tanager, and the two have sometimes been considered conspecific.

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Easily confused with

Lesser Antillean TanagerStilpnia cucullataLesser Antillean tanagers grow to a length of 14–15 cm (5.5–5.9 in). Straw-backed TanagerStilpnia argyrofengesThe straw-backed tanager, also known as the green-throated tanager, is a species of bird in the tanager family. Green-capped TanagerStilpnia meyerdeschauenseeiThe green-capped tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.