Listen to the Glistening-green tanager
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About the Glistening-green tanager
The Glistening-green tanager is a bird in the family Thraupidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Glistening-green tanager sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as calls. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The glistening-green tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
More from the family Thraupidae
Paradise tanager
Tangara chilensis
Blue-gray tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Saffron finch
Sicalis flaveola
Silver-throated tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Magpie tanager
Cissopis leverianus
Plushcap
Catamblyrhynchus diadema
Golden tanager
Tangara arthus
Green honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza
Emerald tanager
Tangara florida
Yellow-bellied dacnis
Dacnis flaviventer
Beryl-spangled tanager
Tangara nigroviridis
Bay-headed tanager
Tangara gyrola
Frequently asked questions
What does a Glistening-green tanager sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Glistening-green tanager on this page, including its calls. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Glistening-green tanager endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Glistening-green tanager as “least concern”.
What family does the Glistening-green tanager belong to?
The Glistening-green tanager (Chlorochrysa phoenicotis) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Calls · Pichincha: Maquipucuna, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2630949 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Glistening-green tanager – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Kelley Sampeck at English Wikipedia – CC BY-SA 3.0