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Beryl-spangled Tanager

Tangara nigroviridis

(Beryl-spangled Tanager / Tangara lentejuelada)

 

Taken in La Ceja, Antioquia, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.

 

The Beryl-spangled Tanager is found at high elevations in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Much of the head and underparts are black, heavily spotted, the spots appearing bluish or greenish. This feature gives them their brightly-colored, "spangled" appearance.

 

Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p...

 

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Uploaded on September 6, 2020
Taken on December 14, 2012