Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia)

Other Names (World)
Opal-rumped Tanager, Silver-breasted Tanager (cyanomelas), Silvery-breasted Tanager (cyanomelas)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
12 - 14.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, heavily degraded former forest, plantations.

Range (Guide)

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

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 (36)...)

Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia) [XC461874]
by Jerome Fischer from Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia (call, song)

Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia) [XC605705]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Fazenda Pedra Branca, Esta\u00e7\u00e3o Ecol\u00f3gica de Murici, Murici, Alagoas, Brazil (call, flight call)

Subspecies
Tangara cyanomelaena was previously split into Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia) and Silver-breasted Tanager (Tangara cyanomelas) (1996). However, the species have again been lumped under Silver-breasted Tanager (Tangara cyanomelas).

Formerly placed with Opal-crowned Tanager (Tangara callophrys) in a separate genus, Tanagrella. Molecular-genetic data indicate that the two are sister-species, and that Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis) is sister to both. Geographically isolated subspecies cyanomelas differs somewhat from others in plumage, and may merit treatment as a separate species. A review is warranted.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

iridina (Hartlaub, 1841) - Eastern Colombia (from north-western Meta and southern Vichada) south to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and extreme northern Bolivia (Beni), east to southern Venezuela (Amazonas and Bol��var) and western Amazonian Brazil (east to R Negro, lower R Tapaj�s and north-western Mato Grosso).
velia (Linnaeus, 1758) - The Guianas and northern Brazil north of R Amazon (from R Negro east to Par�).
signata (Hellmayr, 1905) - North-eastern Brazil (north-eastern Par�).
cyanomelas (zu Wied-Neuwied, 1830) - Coastal region of eastern Brazil from Pernambuco south to Rio de Janeiro. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Silver-breasted Tanager (Tangara cyanomelas).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia) - 10 files

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