Silver-backed tanager

Silver-backed tanager
female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Thraupidae
Genus:Tangara
Species: T. viridicollis
Binomial name
Tangara viridicollis
(Taczanowski, 1884)

The silver-backed tanager (Tangara viridicollis), also known as the silvery tanager, is a species of bird in the tanager family. It is found in humid highland forests in southern Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is regularly spotted at Machu Picchu.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Tangara viridicollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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