Silver-backed tanager

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Silver-backed tanager

| image = Stilpnia viridicollis - Silvery Tanager - male (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = male

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22722942/0 |title=Tangara viridicollis |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2012 |access-date=26 November 2013}}

| taxon = Stilpnia viridicollis

| authority = (Taczanowski, 1884)

| synonyms =

| range_map = Tangara viridicollis map.svg

}}

The silver-backed tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis), also known as the silvery tanager, is a species of bird in the tanager family. It is found in humid highland forests in southern Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is regularly spotted at Machu Picchu.

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