Birds of Brazil


White-bellied Tanager (Tangara brasiliensis) ENDEMIC The 'mexicana' race of the Turquoise Tanager is sometimes called the White-bellied Tanager and sometimes considered a separate species.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Opal-crowned Tanager (Tangara callophrys) Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis)
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Red-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanocephala) ENDEMIC Itamanbuca Eco Resort, Ubatuba-SP, Brazil
Photograph by Dario Sanches Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Gilt-edged Tanager (Tangara cyanoventris) ENDEMIC Chapada Diamantina, Bahia state, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Brassy-breasted Tanager (Tangara desmaresti) ENDEMIC REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Seven-colored Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Vulnerable ENDEMIC Pernambuco, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola) ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana) Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Despite the latin name, not found in Mexico. Reasonably common in Amazon. Races differ mainly in belly color, from white to yellow.


Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii)
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon) Folha Seca, Ubatuba-SP, Brazil
Photograph by Dario Sanches Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia) Mato Grosso, Brazil
Photograph by Joao Quental Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia signata) Veracel Reserve, Bahia, Brazil The Silvery-breasted Tanager is a subspecies of the Opal-rumped Tanager found in northeast Brazil.
Photograph by Ciro Albano - NE Brazil Birding © All Rights Reserved.

The Silver-breasted Tanager (Tangara velia cyanomelas) found in east Brazil is sometimes considered a distinct species Tangara cyanomelas.