Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Seven-colored Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) - HBW 16, p. 215
French: Calliste superbe
German: Vielfarbentangare
Spanish: Tangara Sietecolores
Taxonomy: Tanagra fastuosa Lesson, 1831, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Recent molecular-genetic studies suggest that this species and T. seledon are likely sister-species and form a monophyletic clade with T. cyanoventris, T. cyanocephala and T. desmaresti. Although apparently illustrated as early as 1648, not formally described until 183 years later. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme E Brazil: Paraíba, Pernambuco and Alagoas.
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A bird perched and looking for food at a feeder Locality London Zoo, London, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 November 2005 6 years ago 35 sec 4.7 -
A bird foraging in a tree. Locality Murici Reserve, Alagoas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 October 2008 4 years ago 56 sec 4.1 -
A bird changing branches and then flying away. Locality Murici Reserve, Alagoas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 October 2008 3 years ago 24 sec 4 -
One individual Locality Jaqueira (Frei Caneca Reserve), Pernambuco State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Carlos Gussoni 14 November 2008 2 years ago 11 sec 3.3 -
One bird. Locality Murici Reserve, Alagoas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 4 December 2009 3 years ago 25 sec 2.7
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One bird showing well the yellow.
Locality Barreiros, Pernambuco State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 6 January 2009 4 years ago 3.8 -
Adult male Seven-Coloured Tanager
Locality Jaqueira (Frei Caneca Reserve), Pernambuco State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Stephen John Jones 17 February 2010 2 years ago 3.6 -
Adult Male Seven-colored Tanager
Locality Jaqueira (Frei Caneca Reserve), Pernambuco State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Stephen John Jones 15 February 2010 2 years ago 3.4 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Murici Reserve, Alagoas State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 October 2008 3 years ago 2.8 -
A probably cage or zoo escaped individual. It had an aluminum ring on the tarsus. Was mobbed by Thraupis palmarum and many Tanga
Locality Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Hernán Vázquez Miranda 1 August 2010 2 years ago 2.4
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Unsolicited. Locality Pedra Talhada Biological Reserve, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Ciro Albano 15 February 2008 3 years ago 3
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