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Green-headed tanager

Tangara seledon (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

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The green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 18.7 g to 19.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon)
Photo: Dario Sanches from São Paulo, Brasil · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the green-headed tanager

Weight
18.7 g – 19.4 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
3src 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

Where does the green-headed tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the green-headed tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon) is a brightly colored bird found in the Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina (Misiones only).

As other members of the genus Tangara, it is a small colorful bird, measuring an average of 13.5 centimeters (5.3 in) and a mass of 18g (0.6 oz). The green-headed Tanager has a greenish or bluish head, black on the back, and a contrastingly colored, orange or red rump. Females and juvenile birds have similar, though duller coloration. While essentially a bird of humid forests, it is also common in orchards and parks, where it moves through the canopy, making itself inconspicuous, as its apparently flashy blue-green coloration camouflages it well amongst the foliage.

From the Wikipedia article “Green-headed tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Green-headed_tanager&oldid=1381816006), 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 green-headed tanager endangered?

The green-headed 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.

How is the green-headed tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusTangara
  7. SpeciesTangara seledon (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Synonyms Tanagra seledon

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • tàngara capverdaCatalan
  • tangara tříbarváCzech
  • tanagr penwyrddWelsh
  • Trefarvet TangarDanish
  • DreifarbentangareGerman
  • verdakapa tangaroEsperanto
  • Tangara arcoirisSpanish
  • Saíra arcoirisSpanish
  • keikaritangaraFinnish
  • Calliste à tête verteFrench
  • tirkiznoprsa tangaraCroatian
  • zöldfejű tangaraHungarian
  • Tanagra testaverdeItalian
  • ミドリズキンフウキンチョウJapanese
  • žaliagalvė tanagraLithuanian
  • PrachttangareDutch
  • turkishodetanagarNorwegian
  • tangarka seledynowaPolish
  • saíra-sete-coresPortuguese
  • Saíra-de-sete-coresPortuguese
  • tangará-de-cabeça-turquesaPortuguese
  • Зеленоголовая танаграRussian
  • tangara blyšťaváSlovak
  • Zelenoglava tangaraSerbian
  • turkoshuvad tangaraSwedish
  • Gökkuşağı TangarasıTurkish
  • танагра малахітоваUkrainian
  • 綠頭唐加拉雀Chinese
  • 绿头靓唐纳雀Chinese

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Relatives of the green-headed tanager

Other species in the same genus Tangara.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the green-headed tanager?

An adult green-headed tanager weighs 18.7 g – 19.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the green-headed tanager endangered?

The green-headed 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 green-headed tanager?

The green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{green_headed_tanager_2026,
  title = {Green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-headed-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}