Seven-colored tanager
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| name = Seven-colored tanager
| image = Tangara fastuosa - Seven colored Tanager; Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.jpg
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status2 = CITES_A2
| status2_system = CITES
| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}
| taxon = Tangara fastuosa
| authority = (Lesson, R, 1831)
| synonyms =
| range_map = Tangara fastuosa map.svg
}}
The seven-colored tanager (Tangara fastuosa) is a vulnerable species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to forests in north-eastern Brazil. It resembles the overall greener green-headed tanager; a species confusingly known as the seven-coloured tanager (saíra-sete-cores) in Portuguese.
The seven-colored tanager is a 13.5 cm bird named for the spectacular coloration of its feathers.{{cite web|title=VU Seven-coloured Tanager Tangara fastuosa|url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=9387|publisher=BirdLife International|access-date=10 November 2014}}
- Turquoise-green: Head, chin and mantle
- Black: Lores, area around bill, back, shoulders, and throat
- Bright blue: Breast and edge of tail
- Ultramarine blue: Belly
- Paler turquoise-blue: Wing-coverts
- Dark blue: Edging to wing feathers
- Orange: Edging to tertials, rump and lower back
References
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Category:Birds of the Atlantic Forest
Category:Birds described in 1831
Category:Endemic birds of Brazil
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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