Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia) - HBW 16, p. 241
French: Calliste varié
German: Rotbauchtangare
Spanish: Tangara Velia
Other common names: Silver(y)-breasted Tanager (cyanomelas)
Taxonomy: Motacilla Velia Linnaeus, 1758, Suriname.
Formerly placed with T. callophrys in a separate genus, Tanagrella. Molecular-genetic data indicate that the two are sister-species, and that T. chilensis is sister to both. Geographically isolated race cyanomelas differs somewhat from others in plumage, and may merit treatment as a separate species; review warranted. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- iridina (Hartlaub, 1841) - E Colombia (from NW Meta and S Vichada) S to E Ecuador, E Peru and extreme N Bolivia (Beni), E to S Venezuela (Amazonas and Bolívar) and W Amazonian Brazil (E to R Negro, lower R Tapajós and NW Mato Grosso).
- velia (Linnaeus, 1758) - the Guianas and N Brazil N of R Amazon (from R Negro E to Pará).
- signata (Hellmayr, 1905) - NE Brazil (NE Pará).
- cyanomelas (Wied, 1830) - coastal region of E Brazil from Pernambuco S to Rio de Janeiro.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in the tree canopy Locality Rio Roosevelt, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp iridina)
Josep del Hoyo 12 July 2007 4 years ago 37 sec 4.1 -
A bird foraging in a tree Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp iridina)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 3 years ago 40 sec 3.8 -
A couple, and then one bird Locality Orellana Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 March 2006 2 years ago 33 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a fruiting tree Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp iridina)
Josep del Hoyo 3 September 2007 3 years ago 20 sec 3.5 -
A couple, one with food on the beak (II) Locality Orellana Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 March 2006 2 years ago 24 sec 2.4 -
A couple, one with food in the beak (I) Locality Orellana Province, Ecuador
Juan Sanabria 1 March 2006 2 years ago 33 sec 2
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Adult Silvery-Breasted Tanager
Locality Bahia State, Brazil (ssp Tangara cyanomelas)
Stephen John Jones 17 December 2011 7 weeks ago 3.8 -
Male.
Locality Ituberá, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp cyanomelaena)
Ciro Albano 6 March 2010 1 year ago 3.4 -
1 bird feeding
Locality Itatiaia National Park, Brazil (ssp cyanomelas)
Daniêl Jimenez 20 November 2005 3 years ago 2.7 -
Side view of a bird perched on a branch.
Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp iridina)
Carmelo López 19 November 2011 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 2.5 -
1 bird
Locality Itatiaia National Park, Brazil (ssp cyanomelas)
Daniêl Jimenez 20 November 2005 3 years ago 2.3 -
i bird
Locality Itatiaia National Park, Brazil (ssp cyanomelas)
Daniêl Jimenez 20 November 2005 3 years ago 2
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Calls from a group of four foraging birds Locality Pousada Rio Azul, Pará State, Brazil
(ssp signata)
Bradley Davis 15 July 2008 2 years ago 4
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