Palm tanager
{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{About-distinguish-text|the widespread Central and South American species of tanager|the Hispaniola-endemic genus Phaenicophilus, the members of which are sometimes known as palm tanagers or palm-tanagers}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Palm_tanager_(Thraupis_palmarum_melanoptera).jpg
| image_caption = T. p. melanoptera, Trinidad
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Thraupis
| species = palmarum
| authority = (Wied, 1821)
| range_map = Thraupis palmarum map.svg
| synonyms = Tangara palmarum
}}
The palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil.{{Cite GBIF|id=2488628|title=Thraupis palmarum Wied-Neuwied, 1821|language=en|access-date=2020-04-11}}{{Cite book|last=Hilty, Steven L., 1945-|title=Birds of Venezuela|date=2003|publisher=Christopher Helm|isbn=0-7136-6418-5|location=London|oclc=51031554}} It also breeds on Trinidad and, since 1962, on Tobago. In Trinidad and Tobago, it is known by colloquial names such as the "palmiste," on American Spanish countries (Colombian pron: "pūlmist"), Brazil Pipira-verde (Portuguese pron: "pəəpəərā-værd"), and the "green jean" in American English.{{Cite book|last={{notatypo|ffrench}}, Richard.|title=A guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago|date=1991|publisher=Comstock Pub. Associates|others=O'Neill, John P., 1942-, Eckelberry, Don R.|isbn=0-8014-2567-0|edition=2nd|location=Ithaca, N.Y.|oclc=23016733}}
Description
Adult palm tanagers are {{convert|19|cm|in|abbr=on}} long and weigh {{convert|36|g|oz|abbr=on}}. They are grey to dull olive-green. The flight feathers are blackish, and the long tail is blackish edged with green. A yellow wingbar shows in flight. Sexes are similar, although females may be somewhat paler.
Palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum melanoptera) Cundinamarca.jpg|T. p. melanoptera, Colombia
Palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum violilavata) Paz de las Aves.jpg|T. p. violilavata, Ecuador
Range and habitat
It occurs in semi-open areas including cultivation and gardens. The bulky cup nest is built in a tree, usually a palm, or under the eaves of a house, and the female incubates three, sometimes two, brown-blotched cream eggs for 14 days, with another 17 days to fledging.
Behavior
Palm tanagers are social, restless but unwary birds which eat a wide variety of small fruit. They also regularly take some nectar, flower petals, and insects, including caterpillars.{{cite taxon|BOW| url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/paltan1/cur/introduction | title=Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)| version=1.0 | year=2020 | last1=Hilty | first1=Steven }} The song is fast and squeaky.
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Thraupis palmarum}}
{{Wikispecies|Thraupis palmarum}}
- {{InternetBirdCollection|palm-tanager-thraupis-palmarum|Palm tanager}}
- {{VIREO|palm+tanager}}
- [http://nationalzoo.si.edu/scbi/migratorybirds/featured_photo/bird.cfm?pix=Palm_Tanager Palm tanager Photos] at [http://nationalzoo.si.edu/scbi/migratorybirds/ Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center]
- {{BirdLife|22722546|Thraupis palmarum}}
- {{NeotropicalBirds|paltan1|Palm tanager}}
- {{IUCN_Map|22722546|Thraupis palmarum}}
- {{Xeno-canto species|Thraupis|palmarum|Palm tanager}}
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Category:Birds of the Amazon rainforest
Category:Birds of the Guiana Shield
Category:Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
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