Golden Tanager
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| Golden Tanager | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Tangara |
| Species: | T. arthus |
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| Tangara arthus Lesson, 1832 |
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The Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is widespread and often common in highland forests of the Andes (from Bolivia and northwards) and Venezuelan Coastal Range in north-western South America.
Its plumage is overall golden-yellow with black to the back, wings, tail and ear-coverts. Some subspecies are partially/largely brown below.
[edit] References
Media related to Tangara arthus at Wikimedia Commons
- BirdLife International 2004. Tangara arthus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007.
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