Beryl-spangled tanager
Tangara nigroviridis (Lafresnaye, 1843)
The beryl-spangled tanager (Tangara nigroviridis) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 17 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the beryl-spangled tanager
- Weight
- 17 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Frugivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the beryl-spangled tanager live?
Not recorded
What is the beryl-spangled tanager?
The beryl-spangled tanager (Tangara nigroviridis) is a small songbird of the northern Andes.
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What does the beryl-spangled tanager sound like?
Is the beryl-spangled tanager endangered?
The beryl-spangled tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the beryl-spangled tanager classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyThraupidae
- genusTangara
- SpeciesTangara nigroviridis (Lafresnaye, 1843)
Other names and names in other languages (25)
- tàngara de lluentonsCatalan
- tangara stříbroskvrnnáCzech
- Blå SkæltangarDanish
- SilberfleckentangareGerman
- berila tangaroEsperanto
- Tángara berilinaSpanish
- Tangara de lentejuelasSpanish
- turkoositäplätangaraFinnish
- Calliste bérylFrench
- biserasta tangaraCroatian
- Tanagra berilloItalian
- ギンボシフウキンチョウJapanese
- mėlynoji tanagraLithuanian
- ZilvervlektangareDutch
- berylltanagarNorwegian
- tangarka berylowaPolish
- saíra-de-lantejoulasPortuguese
- tangará-de-lantejoulasPortuguese
- Берилловая танаграRussian
- tangara berylováSlovak
- berylltangaraSwedish
- Gümüş Payetli TangaraTurkish
- танагра бериловаUkrainian
- 辉斑靓唐纳雀Chinese
- 藍綠輝斑唐加拉雀Chinese
Relatives of the beryl-spangled tanager
Other species in the same genus Tangara.
Paradise tanager
Tangara chilensis
Green-headed tanager
Tangara seledon
Seven-colored tanager
Tangara fastuosa
Silver-throated tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Golden tanager
Tangara arthus
Red-necked tanager
Tangara cyanocephala
CompareBeryl-spangled tanager vs Paradise tanagerBeryl-spangled tanager vs Green-headed tanagerBeryl-spangled tanager vs Seven-colored tanagerBeryl-spangled tanager vs Silver-throated tanager
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the beryl-spangled tanager?
An adult beryl-spangled tanager weighs 17 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the beryl-spangled tanager endangered?
The beryl-spangled tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the beryl-spangled tanager?
The beryl-spangled tanager (Tangara nigroviridis) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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