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The yellow-bellied tanager is, on average, it is 11–12.2 cm (4.3–4.8 in) long and weighs 14.1–17.9 g (0.5–0.6 oz). It is largely emerald to grass green, with a clean yellow belly that gives it its name. The wings and bluish-green. The entire body, excepting the belly and flanks, is covered with a black spot pattern. The lores are also blackish.
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When to see the Yellow-bellied 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 Yellow-bellied Tanager
The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Yellow-bellied Tanager
The yellow-bellied tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is across northern and western South America, being found from Venezuela east into Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, south into Brazil and Bolivia, and east into Guyana. It mostly inhabits lowland tropical forests, woodland edges, and secondary growth. It is, on average, it is 11–12.2 cm (4.3–4.8 in) long and weighs 14.1–17.9 g (0.5–0.6 oz). It is largely green with a pattern of black spots, with a clean yellow belly and unspotted flanks. It is classified as being of least concern by the IUCN.
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Easily confused with
Spotted TanagerIxothraupis punctataThe spotted tanager has green upperparts, white underparts and face with a bluish-gray wash, black lores, and greenish-yellow flanks.
Dotted TanagerIxothraupis variaThe dotted tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Rufous-throated TanagerIxothraupis rufigulaThe rufous-throated tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Side by side: Spotted Tanager vs Yellow-bellied Tanager
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