paradise tanager

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Paradise tanager

| image = Tangara_chilensis_94893412.jpg

| image_caption = In Yanachaga–Chemillén National Park, Peru

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Tangara chilensis |volume=2016 |page=e.T22722820A94786489 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722820A94786489.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| taxon = Tangara chilensis

| authority = (Vigors, 1832) {{aut|Vigors, 1832}}. Aglaïa Chilensis (protonym). Proc. Comm. Sci. Corres. Zool. Soc. London, Part 2, no. 15, p. 3. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861762#page/207/mode/1up BHL]

| synonyms = * Aglaïa Chilensis (protonym)

| range_map = Tangara chilensis map.svg

}}

The paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis) is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm (5.3 to 6"). It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage. Depending on subspecies, the behind is yellow and red or all red. The beak is black and the legs are grey. It is native to the Amazon rainforest.

Found in humid tropical and subtropical forests in the western and northern Amazon Basin in South America, the species can be found in Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil. Despite its scientific name, it is not found in Chile.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}