Seven-colored Tanager (Tangara fastuosa)
About the Seven-colored Tanager
The seven-colo[u]red tanager (Tangara fastuosa) is a vulnerable species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to forests in north-eastern Brazil. It resembles the overall greener green-headed tanager; a species confusingly known as the 'seven-coloured tanager' (saíra-sete-cores) in Portuguese. The seven-coloured tanager is a 13.5 cm bird named for the spectacular range in colouration of its feathers. Turquoise-green: Head, chin, and mantle Black: Lores, area around bill, back, shoulders, and throat Bright blue: Breast and edge of tail Ultramarine blue: Belly Paler turquoise-blue: Wing-coverts Dark blue: Edging to wing feathers Orange: Edging to tertials, rump, and lower back.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 20 recordings for this species: 14 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Bay-headed TanagerTangara gyrolarecording
- Beryl-spangled TanagerTangara nigroviridisrecording
- Blue-and-black TanagerTangara vassoriirecording
- Emerald TanagerTangara floridarecording
- Golden TanagerTangara arthusrecording
- Metallic-green TanagerTangara labradoridesrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.