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Grass-green tanager

Chlorornis riefferii (Boissonneau, 1840)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The grass-green tanager (Chlorornis riefferii) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 53 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Grass-green tanager (Chlorornis riefferii)
Photo: Michael Woodruff from Spokane, Washington, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the grass-green tanager

Weight
53 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 grass-green tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the grass-green tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The grass-green tanager (Chlorornis riefferii) is a small South America bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Chlorornis.

The grass-green tanager is 20 cm in length and weighs 53g. It lives in and around subtropical and temperate forests in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Peru at elevations of 1500–3350 m.

It is seen in pairs or in groups of 3-6 individuals. It forages mostly on the upper half of short trees and eats fruits and insects. It is known to perch almost horizontally. Its nest is made of mosses and ferns, and its eggs are gray with light purple-grey dots.

From the Wikipedia article “Grass-green tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grass-green_tanager&oldid=1379254036), 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 grass-green tanager endangered?

The grass-green 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 grass-green tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusChlorornis
  7. SpeciesChlorornis riefferii (Boissonneau, 1840)

Synonyms Chloronis riefferii

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • Grass-green mountain tanagerEnglish
  • Grass-green mountain-tanagerEnglish
  • tàngara de RiefferCatalan
  • tangara papouščíCzech
  • tanagr gwyrddWelsh
  • GrøntangarDanish
  • PapageitangareGerman
  • verda montotangaroEsperanto
  • Tangara loritoSpanish
  • Clorornis patirrojoSpanish
  • Tangará LoritoSpanish
  • malakiittitangaraFinnish
  • Tangara de RiefferFrench
  • zelena tangaraCroatian
  • Tanagra verderbaItalian
  • ワカクサフウキンチョウJapanese
  • papūginė tanagraLithuanian
  • PapegaaitangareDutch
  • grønntanagarNorwegian
  • andotanager zielonyPolish
  • tangará-papagaioPortuguese
  • saíra-verde-claroPortuguese
  • Попугаевая танаграRussian
  • Попугайная танаграRussian
  • tangara hnedolícaSlovak
  • grön bergtangaraSwedish
  • Yemyeşil TangaraTurkish
  • танагра червононогаUkrainian
  • 草綠唐納雀Chinese
  • 草绿唐纳雀Chinese

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Relatives of the grass-green tanager

Other species in the same family Thraupidae.

LC, Least Concern
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)

Bananaquit

Coereba flaveola

Thraupidae

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Common questions

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How big is the grass-green tanager?

An adult grass-green tanager weighs 53 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the grass-green tanager endangered?

The grass-green 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 grass-green tanager?

The grass-green tanager (Chlorornis riefferii) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

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CreatureData. (2026). Grass-green tanager (Chlorornis riefferii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/grass-green-tanager

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BibTeX
@misc{grass_green_tanager_2026,
  title = {Grass-green tanager (Chlorornis riefferii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grass-green-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}