Seven-colored tanager

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Seven-colored tanager

| image = Tangara fastuosa - Seven colored Tanager; Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Tangara fastuosa |volume=2016 |page=e.T22722823A94786714 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722823A94786714.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| 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

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