Brazilian tanager
Ramphocelus bresilia (Linnaeus, 1766)
Status not recordedsongbirds
The brazilian tanager (Ramphocelus bresilia) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 31.7 g to 32.9 g.
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Quick facts about the brazilian tanager
- Weight
- 31.7 g – 32.9 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the brazilian tanager live?
Not recorded
Is the brazilian tanager endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the brazilian tanager classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyThraupidae
- genusRamphocelus
- SpeciesRamphocelus bresilia (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms Ramphocelus bresilius
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- tàngara de BrasilCatalan
- tangara nachováCzech
- PurpurtangarDanish
- BrasiltangareGerman
- brazila tangaroEsperanto
- Tangara brasileñaSpanish
- soo-karmiintangaraEstonian
- brasiliantangaraFinnish
- Lanion du BrésilFrench
- Tangara du BrésilFrench
- brazilska tangaraCroatian
- bíbortangaraHungarian
- Tanagra del BrasileItalian
- ベニフウキンチョウJapanese
- brazilinė raštuotoji tanagraLithuanian
- Rode TangareDutch
- brasiltanagarNorwegian
- tapiranga purpurowaPolish
- tiê-sanguePortuguese
- tangará-brasileiroPortuguese
- Бразильский сереброклювRussian
- Бразильская расписная танаграRussian
- sangara purpurováSlovak
- Purpurna tangaraSerbian
- brasilientangaraSwedish
- brasiliansk tangaraSwedish
- Brezilya TangarasıTurkish
- тапіранга бразильськаUkrainian
- 巴西腫嘴雀Chinese
- 巴西厚嘴唐纳雀Chinese
Relatives of the brazilian tanager
Other species in the same genus Ramphocelus.

Crimson-collared tanager
Ramphocelus sanguinolentus

Silver-beaked tanager
Ramphocelus carbo

Masked crimson tanager
Ramphocelus nigrogularis

Crimson-backed tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatus

Flame-rumped tanager
Ramphocelus flammigerus

Scarlet-rumped tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
CompareBrazilian tanager vs Crimson-collared tanagerBrazilian tanager vs Silver-beaked tanagerBrazilian tanager vs Masked crimson tanagerBrazilian tanager vs Crimson-backed tanager
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the brazilian tanager?
An adult brazilian tanager weighs 31.7 g – 32.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the brazilian tanager?
The brazilian tanager (Ramphocelus bresilia) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
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
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
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