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Opal-rumped Tanager
Joao Quental, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Songbirds & other perching birds

Opal-rumped Tanager

Tangara velia (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishOpal-rumped Tanager
DutchOpaalstuittangare
SpanishTangara lomiopalina
Chinese白腰唐加拉雀
Scientific nameTangara velia (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

The opal-rumped tanager (Tangara velia) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest of South America. The population of the Atlantic Forest has a far paler chest than the other populations, and has often been considered a separate species as the silvery-breasted tanager (Tangara cyanomelas). Today most authorities treat it as a subspecies of the opal-rumped tanager.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyThraupidae
GenusTangara

In Suriname

365Records in Suriname
3iNaturalist observations
1898First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini317
  • Brokopondo21
  • Para19
  • Commewijne3
  • Nickerie2
  • Wanica1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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