Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1832)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (69)...)

Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis) [XC296671]
by Brice de la Croix from Allpahuayo-Mishana Reserve, Loreto, Peru (call)

Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis) [XC521069]
by Dante Buzzetti from PNN Chiribiquete, r\u00edo Mesay Puerto abeja, Colombia (?)

Subspecies
Molecular data indicate that this species is most closely related to Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia) and Opal-crowned Tanager (Tangara callophrys). Subspecies caelicolor intergrades with paradisea in eastern Venezuela and Guyana. Subspecies caelicolor often misspelt "coelicolor" but former is the original spelling.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

paradisea (Swainson, 1837) - South-eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Brazil (south to northern bank of R Amazon).
caelicolor (Sclater, PL, 1851) - Eastern Colombia (Meta, Guain��a and Vaup�s), southern Venezuela (Amazonas) and north-western Brazil (R Uaup�s and upper R Negro).
chilensis (Vigors, 1832) - Southern and south-eastern Colombia (western slope of eastern Andes in upper Magdalena Valley, in Huila; and Caquet�, Putumayo and Amazonas) south to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and Bolivia (south to Santa Cruz), and east through western Brazil (east to Rond�nia, south-eastern Amazonas eastern Mato Grosso and south-eastern Par�).
chlorocorys Zimmer, JT, 1929 - Northern Peru (upper Huallaga Valley).

References
See References.

Files:

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