Listen to the silver-throated tanager
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About the silver-throated tanager
The silver-throated tanager is a bird in the family Thraupidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 22 g.
What does the silver-throated 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 call and begging 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 silver-throated tanager (Tangara icterocephala) is a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and northeastern Peru. It inhabits mossy forests, montane forests, tropical lowland evergreen forests and forest edges, along with tall secondary forests and disturbed habitat with remnant trees and forest. It is 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and weighs 22 grams (0.78 oz) on average, and shows slight sexual dimorphism, with duller female plumage. Adult males are mainly bright yellow, with a silvery-white throat bordered above with a black stripe on the cheeks, black streaking on the back, and green edges to the wings and tail. Juveniles are duller and greener.
Related birds in the genus Tangara
More from the family Thraupidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a silver-throated tanager sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the silver-throated tanager on this page, including its call and begging call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the silver-throated tanager endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the silver-throated tanager as “least concern”.
What family does the silver-throated tanager belong to?
The silver-throated tanager (Tangara icterocephala) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · El Oro: Reserva Buenaventura 9 km WNW Piñas, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · El Oro: Reserva Buenaventura 9 km WNW Piñas, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Begging call · Guayas: 13.5 km N Salanguillo, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2630992 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Silver-throated tanager – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hans Norelius from Älvsjö, Sweden – CC BY 2.0