Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis) - HBW 16, p. 214
French: Calliste septicolore
German: Siebenfarbentangare
Spanish: Tangara del Paraíso
Taxonomy: Aglaïa Chilensis Vigors, 1832, no locality = Bolivia.
Molecular data indicate that this species is most closely related to T. velia and T. callophrys. Race caelicolor intergrades with paradisea in E Venezuela and Guyana. Race caelicolor often misspelt “coelicolor” but former is the original spelling. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- paradisea (Swainson, 1837) - SE Venezuela, the Guianas and N Brazil (S to N bank of R Amazon).
- caelicolor (P. L. Sclater, 1851) - E Colombia (Meta, Guainía and Vaupés), S Venezuela (Amazonas) and NW Brazil (R Uaupés and upper R Negro).
- chilensis (Vigors, 1832) - S & SE Colombia (W slope of E Andes in upper Magdalena Valley, in Huila; and Caquetá, Putumayo and Amazonas) S to E Ecuador, E Peru and Bolivia (S to Santa Cruz), and E through W Brazil (E to Rondônia, SE Amazonas E Mato Grosso and SE Pará).
- chlorocorys J. T. Zimmer, 1929 - N Peru (upper Huallaga Valley).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on fruits Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp chilensis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2005 6 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A bird preening Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp chilensis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 July 2005 6 years ago 29 sec 4.1 -
foraging in canopy Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp chilensis)
Martin Kennewell 3 September 2006 40 weeks ago 16 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree. Locality Copalinga Lodge, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp chilensis )
Robert Schaefer 24 October 2008 3 years ago 13 sec 4 -
Several birds feeding on fruits in a tree. Locality Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp caelicolor)
Josep del Hoyo 26 July 2011 4 weeks ago 18 sec 3.8 -
A bird eating berries in a tree. Locality Podocarpus National Park, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp chilensis )
Robert Schaefer 24 October 2008 3 years ago 18 sec 3.7
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an adult, lateral view, in the canopy at 35 m high.
Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 23 weeks ago 4.1 -
Side view of a bird perched on a branch.
Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp chilensis)
Carmelo López 19 November 2011 15 weeks ago 4 -
on a tree
Locality Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 2 January 2010 27 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp chilensis)
Carmelo López 19 November 2011 15 weeks ago 3.9 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp chilensis)
Carmelo López 19 November 2011 15 weeks ago 3.7 -
Adult male on a branch.
Locality Zoo Wuppertal, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 9 July 2010 21 weeks ago 3.7
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A bird giving calls Locality Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Michael C 1 January 2008 2 years ago 3
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