The beryl-spangled tanager (Tangara nigroviridis) is a small songbird of the northern Andes.
First described by Frédéric de Lafresnaye in 1843, the beryl-spangled tanager is one of dozens of tanager species in the genus Tangara.
It is a small songbird, measuring 13cm (05inches) in length. Its plumage is largely turquoise, though heavily marked with black spots and scales. Its breast and belly are primarily black, with opalescent greenish spotting.
The beryl-spangled tanager is found on the eastern slopes of the Andes from Venezuela, though Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia. In Ecuador, it is found at elevations ranging from 700m–2500mm (2,300feet–8,200feetm), while in Peru it ranges somewhat higher – from 1500m–2900mm (4,900feet–9,500feetm). It occurs in humid montane forest and second growth.