Seven-coloured Tanager
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The Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) is a vulnerable
species of bird
in the Thraupidae family. 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
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Vulnerable species
On 30 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 9694 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations.-References:...
species of bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to forests in north-eastern Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. It resembles the overall greener Green-headed Tanager
Green-headed Tanager
The Green-headed Tanager, Tangara seledon, is a bird found in Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina ....
; a species confusingly known as the Seven-coloured Tanager (saíra-sete-cores) in Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese is a group of Portuguese dialects written and spoken by most of the 190 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a few million Brazilian emigrants, mainly in the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Canada, Japan and Paraguay....
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