CreatureData

Palm tanager

Thraupis palmarum (Wied-Neuwied, 1821)

Status not recordedsongbirds

The palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 36 g to 39 g.

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about the palm tanager

Weight
36 g – 39 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
14 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
4src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the palm tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the palm tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. It also breeds on Trinidad and, since 1962, on Tobago. In Trinidad and Tobago, it is known by colloquial names such as the "palmiste," on American Spanish countries (Colombian pron: "pūlmist"), Brazil Pipira-verde (Portuguese pron: "pəəpəərā-værd"), and the "green jean" in American English.

From the Wikipedia article “Palm tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palm_tanager&oldid=1320597734), 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 palm tanager sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the palm 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 palm tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusThraupis
  7. SpeciesThraupis palmarum (Wied-Neuwied, 1821)

Synonyms Tangara palmarum, Thaupis palmarum, Thraupis palmarum

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • tàngara de les palmeresCatalan
  • tanagr palmwydd cyffredinWelsh
  • PalmetangarDanish
  • PalmentangareGerman
  • palma tangaroEsperanto
  • Tangara palmeraSpanish
  • Celestino olivaceoSpanish
  • palmutangaraFinnish
  • Tangara des palmiersFrench
  • Calliste des palmiersFrench
  • Sai hovyGuarani
  • tangara palmašicaCroatian
  • Tanagra dei palmetiItalian
  • Tangara delle palmeItalian
  • ヤシフウキンチョウJapanese
  • haiirofuukinchouJapanese
  • palminis traupisLithuanian
  • PalmtangareDutch
  • palmetanagarNorwegian
  • tanagra palmowaPolish
  • tangarka palmowaPolish
  • sanhaço-do-coqueiroPortuguese
  • tangará-das-palmeirasPortuguese
  • Пальмовая танаграRussian
  • Пальмовый трауписRussian
  • tangara palmováSlovak
  • Palmina tangaraSerbian
  • palmtangaraSwedish
  • Palmiye TangarasıTurkish
  • саяка пальмоваUkrainian
  • 棕榈裸鼻雀Chinese
  • 棕櫚裸鼻雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the palm tanager

Other species in the same genus Thraupis.

ComparePalm tanager vs Blue-gray tanagerPalm tanager vs Azure-shouldered tanagerPalm tanager vs Golden-chevroned tanagerPalm tanager vs Sayaca tanager

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the palm tanager?

An adult palm tanager weighs 36 g – 39 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the palm tanager?

The palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum) 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.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/palm-tanager

MLA

“Palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/palm-tanager.

BibTeX
@misc{palm_tanager_2026,
  title = {Palm tanager (Thraupis palmarum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/palm-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}