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Silver-backed Tanager

Stilpnia viridicollis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernOmnivoreForest21 g
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis), photo 1
Photo: David F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis), photo 2
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis), photo 3
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis), photo 4
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis), photo 5
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis), photo 6
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis), photo 7
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis), photo 8
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis), photo 9
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0
Silver-backed Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis), photo 10
Photo: capacoscar · CC BY 4.0

What the Silver-backed Tanager sounds like

Sonogram of the Silver-backed Tanager: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Loja: 2 km E Cariamanga, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Silver-backed Tanager

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

Where to see the Silver-backed Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Peru Ecuador Bolivia

About the Silver-backed Tanager

The silver-backed tanager, also known as the silvery tanager, is a species of bird in the tanager family. It is found in humid highland forests in southern Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is regularly spotted at Machu Picchu.

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

Easily confused with

Chestnut-backed Tanager (Stilpnia preciosa) Chestnut-backed TanagerStilpnia preciosaThe chestnut-backed tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera) Black-headed TanagerStilpnia cyanopteraThe black-headed tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Masked Tanager (Stilpnia nigrocincta) Masked TanagerStilpnia nigrocinctaThe masked tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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