Listen to the paradise tanager
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About the paradise tanager
The paradise tanager is a bird in the family Thraupidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 21 g.
What does the paradise 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 song, dawn song and call. 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 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.The vivid colours of the paradise tanager have been linked to underlying achromatic feather layers (black or white) that enhance the brilliance of structural colours. 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.
Related birds in the genus Tangara
Silver-throated tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Golden tanager
Tangara arthus
Emerald tanager
Tangara florida
Beryl-spangled tanager
Tangara nigroviridis
Bay-headed tanager
Tangara gyrola
Metallic-green tanager
Tangara labradorides
Blue-and-black tanager
Tangara vassorii
Grey-and-gold tanager
Tangara palmeri
More from the family Thraupidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a paradise tanager sound like?
You can hear 5 recordings of the paradise tanager on this page, including its song, dawn song and call. 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 paradise tanager endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the paradise tanager as “least concern”.
What family does the paradise tanager belong to?
The paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: E Chito Juntas, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Dawn song · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Unnsuants, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Unnsuants, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song, call · Zamora-Chinchipe: E Chito Juntas, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Zamora-Chinchipe: between Chito and Laurel, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1543890 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Paradise tanager – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by thibaudaronson – CC BY-SA 4.0