Beryl-spangled tanager

Beryl-spangled tanager
Tangara nigroviridis cyanescens, Colombia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Tangara
Species:	T. nigroviridis
Binomial name
Tangara nigroviridis (Lafresnaye, 1843)

The beryl-spangled tanager (Tangara nigroviridis) is a small songbird of the northern Andes.

Taxonomy

First described by Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1843, the beryl-spangled tanager is one of 28 tanager species in the genus Tangara .

Description

It is a small songbird, measuring 13 cm (5.1 in) in length. ^[2] Its plumage is largely turquoise, though heavily marked with black spots and scales. ^[3] Its breast and belly are primarily black, with opalescent greenish spotting. ^[2]

Habitat and distribution

The beryl-spangled tanager is found on the eastern slopes of the Andes from Venezuela, through Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, to Bolivia. ^[2] In Ecuador, it is found at elevations ranging from 700–2,500 m (2,300–8,200 ft), ^[3] while in Peru it ranges somewhat higher – from 1,500–2,900 m (4,900–9,500 ft). It occurs in humid montane forest and second growth. ^[2]

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Tangara nigroviridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22722930A94794064. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722930A94794064.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Schulenberg, Thomas S.; Stotz, Douglas F.; Lane, Daniel F.; O'Neill, John P.; Parker III, Theodore A. (2007). Birds of Peru. Princeton NJ, US: Princeton University Press. p. 564. ISBN   978-0-691-13023-1.
3. Athanas, Nick; Greenfield, Paul J. (2016). Birds of Western Ecuador: A Photographic Guide. Princeton NJ, US: Princeton University Press. p. 378. ISBN   978-0-691-15780-1.

• Robert Ridgely & Guy Tudor, Birds of South America Vol. 1 (Univ. Texas Press, 1989).