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Red-necked tanager

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

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 14.5 g to 18 g and live up to 7.5 years. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala)
Photo: Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the red-necked tanager

Weight
14.5 g – 18 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
7.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
13.3 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.5 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2.5src for Litters or clutches a year
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 red-necked tanager

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Red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala)
Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the red-necked tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the red-necked tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

It is found in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Red-necked tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-necked_tanager&oldid=1380565856), 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 red-necked tanager endangered?

The red-necked 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 red-necked tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusTangara
  7. SpeciesTangara cyanocephala (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)
Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • tàngara de galtes vermellesCatalan
  • tangara modrohlaváCzech
  • tanagr gwargochWelsh
  • Rødhalset TangarDanish
  • BlaukappentangareGerman
  • ruĝkola tangaroEsperanto
  • Tangara militarSpanish
  • punakael-tangaraEstonian
  • punasepeltangaraFinnish
  • Calliste à tête bleueFrench
  • Tanagra collorossoItalian
  • エリアカフウキンチョウJapanese
  • mėlyngalvė tanagraLithuanian
  • RoodnektangareDutch
  • rødnakketanagarNorwegian
  • tangarka czerwonoszyjaPolish
  • Saíra-lençoPortuguese
  • saíra-militarPortuguese
  • tangará-de-pescoço-vermelhoPortuguese
  • Синешапочная танаграRussian
  • tangara červenokrkáSlovak
  • Crvenovrata tangaraSerbian
  • rödhalsad tangaraSwedish
  • Kızıl Enseli TangaraTurkish
  • танагра червоношияUkrainian
  • 紅頸唐加拉雀Chinese
  • 红颈靓唐纳雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the red-necked tanager

Other species in the same genus Tangara.

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Common questions

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How big is the red-necked tanager?

An adult red-necked tanager weighs 14.5 g – 18 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the red-necked tanager endangered?

The red-necked tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the red-necked tanager live?

The red-necked tanager has a recorded lifespan of 7.5 years.

What kind of animal is the red-necked tanager?

The red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-necked-tanager

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{red_necked_tanager_2026,
  title = {Red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-necked-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}