Seven-colored tanager explained

The seven-colored 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-colored tanager is a 13.5 cm bird named for the spectacular coloration of its feathers.^[1]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: VU Seven-coloured Tanager Tangara fastuosa. BirdLife International. 10 November 2014.