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Swallow Tanager

Tersina viridis

Description:

Tersina is a genus of tanager. It contains a single species, the Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis) . It is found widely throughout South America, from Panama to n. Argentina. The species is somewhat dimorphic, as the female is a yellow-green, and the male a brighter light emerald-green, with a small deep black face and upper throat patch.

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8 Comments

Gary Leong
Gary Leong 10 years ago

Great shots. You guys have beautiful birds in Brazil :D

rams4d
rams4d 10 years ago

Nice shot. Congrats !!!

Pradeep Kumar
Pradeep Kumar 10 years ago

Nice spot!

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

cara...

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Lovely !

Kranti Dhiman
Kranti Dhiman 10 years ago

so cute !!

JenniferReneeDekker
JenniferReneeDekker 10 years ago

Nice spotting, glad I spotted you. I am now a follower.

Anne Marie McCaffrey
Anne Marie McCaffrey 10 years ago

What a beautiful bird!

Aisse Gaertner
Spotted by
Aisse Gaertner

Itatiaia, RJ, Brazil

Spotted on Sep 14, 2013
Submitted on Oct 17, 2013

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