Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis), male

Altiplano Leste - Brasilia, DF, Brazil.

 

Males are bright light emerald-green and turquoise blue, with a small deep black face and upper throat patch.

 

It is found widely throughout South America, from eastern Panama to far northern Argentina.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Suborder: Passeri

Family: Thraupidae

Subfamily: Dacninae

Genus: Tersina Vieillot, 1819

Species: T. viridis (Illiger, 1811)

Binomial name: Tersina viridis

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