Seven-colored Tanager

Seven-colored Tanager

Tangara fastuosa

LCNTVUVulnerableENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Maceió

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

19 Verified sightings at Maceió
January Best month

About the Seven-colored Tanager

The seven-colo[u]red tanager (Tangara fastuosa) is a vulnerable species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to forests in north-eastern Brazil. It resembles the overall greener green-headed tanager; a species confusingly known as the 'seven-coloured tanager' (saíra-sete-cores) in Portuguese.

The seven-coloured tanager is a 13.5 cm bird named for the spectacular range in colouration of its feathers. Turquoise-green: Head, chin, and mantle Black: Lores, area around bill, back, shoulders, and throat Bright blue: Breast and edge of tail

Ultramarine blue: Belly Paler turquoise-blue: Wing-coverts Dark blue: Edging to wing feathers Orange: Edging to tertials, rump, and lower back Wikipedia →

Sounds

Alarm call1:08

Brazil · 2018

© JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA · XC431350 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call0:32

Brazil · 2003

© Dante Buzzetti · XC668623 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Canto1:01

Brazil · 2014

© Caio Brito · XC428037 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Maceió 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Seven-colored Tanager in Maceió?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Seven-colored Tanager sighting in Maceió on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 77th most-seen of the 127 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Seven-colored Tanager in Maceió?

January and September

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Seven-colored Tanager in Maceió on a given day, against under 5% in February–August and October–December, the lowest months.

Where else can you see a Seven-colored Tanager?

Only Maceió, in our data

Maceió is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Seven-colored Tanager sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Which relatives of the Seven-colored Tanager live in Maceió?

Same family: Thraupidae

The closest relatives of the Seven-colored Tanager that you can see in Maceió (family Thraupidae, Tanagers and Allies) are Palm Tanager (about 90%), Sayaca Tanager (about 70%) and Bananaquit (about 60%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

Where does the Seven-colored Tanager sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Seven-colored Tanager is recorded against all the birds logged in Maceió (19 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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