Swallow Tanager
Tersina viridis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,479
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Swallow tanager”.