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Swallow Tanager
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Swallow Tanager

Tersina viridis (Illiger, 1811)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSwallow Tanager
DutchZwaluwtangare
SpanishTersina
Chinese燕嘴唐纳雀
Scientific nameTersina viridis (Illiger, 1811)

About this species

The swallow tanager (Tersina viridis) is a species of Neotropic bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It occurs regularly in Panama, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. It has occurred as a vagrant in those two countries and on Tobago and Bonaire and there are unconfirmed reports from Curaçao.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyThraupidae
GenusTersina

In Suriname

22Records in Suriname
1960First record
2023Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini14

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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