Listen to the Palm tanager
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About the Palm tanager
The Palm tanager is a bird in the family Thraupidae (order Passeriformes).
What does the Palm tanager sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. 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 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," on American Spanish countries (Colombian pron: "pūlmist"), Brazil Pipira-verde, and the "green jean" in American English.
Related birds in the genus Thraupis
More from the family Thraupidae
Paradise tanager
Tangara chilensis
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 Palm tanager sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Palm tanager on this page, including its song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
What family does the Palm tanager belong to?
The Palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · El Oro: Reserva Buenaventura 9 km WNW Piñas, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: 'Cabañas Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas… by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1301273 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Palm tanager – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by @LuizAlves1990 – CC BY-SA 4.0