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Golden tanager

Tangara arthus R. Lesson, 1832

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The golden tanager (Tangara arthus) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 20 g to 22.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Golden tanager (Tangara arthus)
Photo: Fernando Flores from Caracas, Venezuela · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the golden tanager

Weight
20 g – 22.6 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
1.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the golden tanager

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Golden tanager (Tangara arthus)
Félix Uribe from Colombia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the golden tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the golden tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The golden tanager (Tangara arthus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is widespread and often common in highland forests of the Andes (from Bolivia and northwards) and Venezuelan Coastal Range in north-western South America.

Its plumage is overall golden-yellow with black to the back, wings, tail and ear-coverts. Some subspecies are partially/largely brown below.

From the Wikipedia article “Golden tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Golden_tanager&oldid=1352982501), 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.

What does the golden tanager sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the golden tanager endangered?

The golden 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 golden tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusTangara
  7. SpeciesTangara arthus R. Lesson, 1832
Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Chestnut-breasted tanagerEnglish
  • تناجر ذهبيArabic
  • تناجر ذهبىEgyptian Arabic
  • Златиста тангараBulgarian
  • tàngara dauradaCatalan
  • tanagr euraiddWelsh
  • GuldtangarDanish
  • GoldtangareGerman
  • BraunbrusttangareGerman
  • ora tangaroEsperanto
  • Tangara DoradaSpanish
  • Tángara DoradaSpanish
  • Tangara pechicastañaSpanish
  • kultatangaraFinnish
  • Calliste doréFrench
  • Calliste à poitrine marronFrench
  • smeđoprsa tangaraCroatian
  • aranytangaraHungarian
  • Ոսկե տանագրաArmenian
  • Tanagra dorataItalian
  • キンイロフウキンチョウJapanese
  • auksinė tanagraLithuanian
  • GoudtangareDutch
  • gulltanagarNorwegian
  • tangarka złotaPolish
  • saíra-douradaPortuguese
  • tangará-douradoPortuguese
  • Золотая танаграRussian
  • tangara zlatáSlovak
  • Zlatna tangaraSerbian
  • guldtangaraSwedish
  • Altın TangaraTurkish
  • Золота танаграUkrainian
  • танагра золотаUkrainian
  • 金靓唐纳雀Chinese
  • 金色唐加拉雀Chinese

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Relatives of the golden tanager

Other species in the same genus Tangara.

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Common questions

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How big is the golden tanager?

An adult golden tanager weighs 20 g – 22.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the golden tanager endangered?

The golden 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 golden tanager?

The golden tanager (Tangara arthus) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{golden_tanager_2026,
  title = {Golden tanager (Tangara arthus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/golden-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}