Palm Tanager
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| Palm Tanager | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Thraupis |
| Species: | T. palmarum |
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| Thraupis palmarum (Wied, 1821) |
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The Palm Tanager, Thraupis palmarum, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brazil. It also breeds on Trinidad and, since 1962, on Tobago. In Trinidad and Tobago, it is known by colloquial names such as the 'Palmiste' and the 'Green Jean'.
It occurs in semi-open areas including cultivation and gardens. The bulky cup nest is built in a tree, usually a palm, or under the eaves of a house, and the female incubates three, sometimes two, brown-blotched cream eggs for 14 days, with another 17 days to fledging.
Adult Palm Tanagers are 19 cm long and weigh 36 g. They are grey to dull olive-green. The flight feathers are blackish, and the long tail is blackish edged with green. A yellow wingbar shows in flight. Sexes are similar, although females may be somewhat paler.
Palm Tanagers are social, restless but unwary birds which eat a wide variety of small fruit. They also regularly take some nectar and insects, including caterpillars. The song is fast and squeaky.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Thraupis palmarum. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 9 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Hilty, Steven L (2003). Birds of Venezuela. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-6418-5.
- ffrench, Richard (1991). A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago (2nd edition ed.). Comstock Publishing. ISBN 0-8014-9792-2.
[edit] External links
Media related to Thraupis palmarum at Wikimedia Commons
- Palm Tanager videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection
- Palm Tanager photo gallery VIREO
- Photo-High Res; Article nationalzoo.si.edu–"Smithsonian: Migratory Bird Center"
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Thraupis
- Birds of South America
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
- Birds of the Guianas
- Birds of Marajó Island
- Birds of the Caatinga
- Birds of the Cerrado
- Birds of the Pantanal
- Birds of Brazil
- Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
- Birds of Honduras
- Birds of Nicaragua
- Birds of Costa Rica
- Birds of Panama
- Tanagers
