Beryl-spangled tanager | |
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Tangara nigroviridis cyanescens, Colombia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Tangara |
Species: | T. nigroviridis
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Binomial name | |
Tangara nigroviridis (Lafresnaye, 1843)
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The beryl-spangled tanager (Tangara nigroviridis) is a small songbird of the northern Andes.
First described by Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1843, the beryl-spangled tanager is one of dozens of tanager species in the genus Tangara.
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]
The beryl-spangled tanager is found on the eastern slopes of the Andes from Venezuela, though 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]