Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus) | Photos, Calls and ID

Not EvaluatedUncommonFruitForestCup nestSmall · 22 g

Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus), photo 1 — Photo: Félix Uribe from Colombia · CC BY 2.0

Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus), photo 2 — Photo: Dan Vickers · CC BY 4.0

Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus), photo 3 — Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jquental · CC BY 2.0

Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Carrie Seltzer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Esteban Poveda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus), photo 6 — Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus), photo 7 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus), photo 8 — Photo: (c) Paul Hoekman, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) John G. Phillips, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) melianie_max_and_asker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Golden Tanager

The golden tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is widespread and often common in highland forests of the Andes and Venezuelan Coastal Range in north-western South America.

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What the Golden Tanager sounds like

Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

Regular range

Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela Bolivia

When to see it

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Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Silver-throated TanagerTangara icterocephalaThe silver-throated tanager is an average-sized Tangara tanager, being 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and weighing 22 grams (0.78 oz) on average.

Beryl-spangled TanagerTangara nigroviridisIt is a small songbird, measuring 13 cm (5.1 in) in length.

Plain-colored TanagerTangara inornataThe plain-colored tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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