Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
About the Silver-throated Tanager
The silver-throated tanager (Tangara icterocephala) is a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and northeastern Peru. It inhabits mossy forests, montane forests, tropical lowland evergreen forests and forest edges, along with tall secondary forests and disturbed habitat with remnant trees and forest. It is 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and weighs 22 grams (0.78 oz) on average, and shows slight sexual dimorphism, with duller female plumage. Adult males are mainly bright yellow, with a silvery-white throat bordered above with a black stripe on the cheeks, black streaking on the back, and green edges to the wings and tail. Juveniles are duller and greener.
A real field recording of the Silver-throated Tanager. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
3 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×3 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama · xeno-canto lists 33 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Bay-headed TanagerTangara gyrolarecording
- Beryl-spangled TanagerTangara nigroviridisrecording
- Blue-and-black TanagerTangara vassoriirecording
- Blue-browed TanagerTangara cyanotisprofile
- Blue-whiskered TanagerTangara johannaeprofile
- Brassy-breasted TanagerTangara desmarestiprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.