Swallow tanager

Swallow tanager
	Female
	Male in Paraná, Brazil
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Tersina; Vieillot, 1819
Species:	T. viridis
Binomial name
	Tersina viridis; (Illiger, 1811)

Tersina is a genus of tanager. It contains a single species, the swallow tanager (Tersina viridis) . It is found widely throughout South America, from eastern Panama to far northern Argentina.

The species is somewhat dimorphic, as the female is a yellow-green, and the male a brighter light emerald-green, with a small deep black face and upper throat patch.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tersina viridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

External links

Swallow Tanager videos on the Internet Bird Collection
Stamps (for Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela) with RangeMap
Swallow Tanager photo gallery VIREO

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