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Gilt-edged tanager

Tangara cyanoventris (Vieillot, 1819)

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The gilt-edged tanager (Tangara cyanoventris) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 16.5 g to 18.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Gilt-edged tanager (Tangara cyanoventris)
Photo: Gustavo Magnago · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the gilt-edged tanager

Weight
16.5 g – 18.3 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 gilt-edged tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the gilt-edged tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The gilt-edged tanager (Tangara cyanoventris) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Brazil.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Gilt-edged tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilt-edged_tanager&oldid=1314515429), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the gilt-edged tanager endangered?

The gilt-edged tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. 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 gilt-edged tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusTangara
  7. SpeciesTangara cyanoventris (Vieillot, 1819)

Synonyms Tanagra cyanoventris, Tanagra elegans

Other names and names in other languages (26)
  • tàngara de ventre blauCatalan
  • tangara modroprsáCzech
  • tanagr bronlasWelsh
  • Blåbrystet TangarDanish
  • BlaubrusttangareGerman
  • blubrusta tangaroEsperanto
  • Tangara ventriazulSpanish
  • sinirintatangaraFinnish
  • Calliste à ventre bleuFrench
  • žutoglava tangaraCroatian
  • Tanagra pennedorateItalian
  • キガオフウキンチョウJapanese
  • mėlynkrūtė tanagraLithuanian
  • BlauwborsttangareDutch
  • gullsnittanagarNorwegian
  • tangarka czarnogardłaPolish
  • Saíra-amarelaPortuguese
  • saíra-douradinhaPortuguese
  • tangará-de-pontas-douradasPortuguese
  • Синегрудая танаграRussian
  • tangara čiernočeláSlovak
  • turkosbröstad tangaraSwedish
  • Mavi Göğüslü TangaraTurkish
  • танагра чорногорлаUkrainian
  • 金边靓唐纳雀Chinese
  • 金邊唐加拉雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the gilt-edged tanager

Other species in the same genus Tangara.

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Common questions

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How big is the gilt-edged tanager?

An adult gilt-edged tanager weighs 16.5 g – 18.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the gilt-edged tanager endangered?

The gilt-edged 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 gilt-edged tanager?

The gilt-edged tanager (Tangara cyanoventris) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gilt-edged tanager (Tangara cyanoventris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gilt-edged-tanager

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{gilt_edged_tanager_2026,
  title = {Gilt-edged tanager (Tangara cyanoventris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gilt-edged-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}