Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) - HBW 16, p. 193
French: Tangara des palmiers
German: Palmentangare
Spanish: Tangara Palmera
Other common names: Common Palm Tanager
Taxonomy: Tanagra palmarum Wied, 1821, Canavieras, Bahia, Brazil.
Recent molecular-genetic data do not support monophyly of genus as currently constituted: six (including present species) of eight species sampled embedded with Tangara, a finding that makes genus Tangara paraphyletic. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atripennis Todd, 1922 - E Nicaragua S to Colombia W of Andes (including Santa Marta region) and NW Venezuela (Maracaibo region).
- violilavata (Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884) - SW Colombia (from Cerro Munchique, in Cauca) S through W Ecuador almost to Peruvian border.
- melanoptera (P. L. Sclater, 1857) - E Colombia, Venezuela (except Maracaibo region), including Margarita I and Patos I, Trinidad, Tobago, the Guianas, and N & C Brazil (N of R Amazon and, S of it, from R Tocantins, in E Pará) S to E Ecuador, E Peru, N Bolivia and C Mato Grosso.
- palmarum (Wied, 1821) - E Brazil (E from R Tocantins, S to Mato Grosso, W Paraná, and NE Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay (one record in Alto Paraná) and N Argentina (sight records in Misiones and E Formosa).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult at the nest, feeding the chicks and removing faecal sacs. Locality Arrierito Antioqueño Natural Reserve, Anorí, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp atripennis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2007 6 years ago 22 sec 4.7 -
An adult feeding a chick at the nest, looking around and flying away Locality Arrierito Antioqueño Natural Reserve, Anorí, Antioquía Department, Colombia (ssp atripennis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 February 2007 5 years ago 26 sec 4.7 -
One bird singing, and another one briefly joining it on top of a dead palm leaf. Locality Weg naar Zee, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp melanoptera)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 26 March 2011 1 year ago 30 sec 4.6 -
A bird eating banana at a feeder Locality Mirador Rio Blanco, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp violilavata)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2007 5 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
A bird at a feeder, eating banana amongst several agressive Sayaca Tanagers Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp palmarum)
Josep del Hoyo 13 July 2007 5 years ago 52 sec 4.6 -
A close view of a bird Locality San Miguel, Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (ssp atripennis)
Pere Sugranyes 27 June 2011 1 year ago 29 sec 4.3
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Sanhaçu do coqueiro
Locality Itariri, São Paulo State, Brazil
Lindolfo Souto 25 June 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
Perched bird in sunlight
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp melanoptera)
fayardmohammed 28 January 2011 2 years ago 4.4 -
This bird is perched on a stump in Omar Park.
Locality Panama Province, Panama (ssp atripennis)
Dannie Polley 29 September 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
A bird perching n a branch
Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp violilavata)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 1 October 2009 3 years ago 4.2 -
A bird seen perching on a branch.
Locality Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
David Lingard 6 December 2009 1 year ago 4.1 -
Single bird
Locality Pantanal, Brazil
Tomas Grim 12 July 2009 33 weeks ago 4
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Two birds singing, responding itself. Locality Iracema Falls, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas State, Brazil
(ssp melanoptera)
Josep del Hoyo 29 July 2011 1 year ago 3 -
A single bird calling as it flies into a tree, then bursts into brief song. Locality Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp violilavata)
Nick Athanas 3 June 2009 3 years ago 3
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