Seven-colored tanager
Tangara fastuosa (R. Lesson, 1831)
The seven-colored tanager (Tangara fastuosa) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 25.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.
Quick facts about the seven-colored tanager
- Weight
- 25.5 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
- Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the seven-colored tanager live?
Not recorded
What is the seven-colored tanager?
The seven-colored tanager (Tangara fastuosa) is a vulnerable species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to forests in north-eastern Brazil. It resembles the overall greener green-headed tanager; a species confusingly known as the 'seven-colored tanager' (saíra-sete-cores) in Portuguese.
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Is the seven-colored tanager endangered?
The seven-colored tanager is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species.
How is the seven-colored tanager classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyThraupidae
- genusTangara
- SpeciesTangara fastuosa (R. Lesson, 1831)
Synonyms Tanagra fastuosa
Other names and names in other languages (35)
- Seven-coloured tanagerEnglish
- Seven-coloured tanagerEnglish
- Seven-coloured tanagerEnglish
- تناجر ذو سبعة ألوانArabic
- Tangara campanudaAsturian
- Седемцветна тангараBulgarian
- tàngara superbaCatalan
- tanagr seithliwWelsh
- PragttangarDanish
- VielfarbentangareGerman
- SiebenfarbentangareGerman
- sepkolora tangaroEsperanto
- Tangara sietecoloresSpanish
- palettitangaraFinnish
- Calliste superbeFrench
- plavotrba tangaraCroatian
- szivárványos tangaraHungarian
- Tanagra settecoloriItalian
- ニシキフウキンチョウJapanese
- septynspalvė tanagraLithuanian
- Zevenkleurige TangareDutch
- palettanagarNorwegian
- tangarka wspaniałaPolish
- pintorPortuguese
- saíra-pintorPortuguese
- tangará-de-sete-coresPortuguese
- Семицветная танаграRussian
- tangara nádhernáSlovak
- Sedmobojna tangaraSerbian
- prakttangaraSwedish
- Yedi Renkli TangaraTurkish
- танагра райдужнаUkrainian
- Sẻ bảy màuVietnamese
- 七彩唐加拉雀Chinese
- 七彩靓唐纳雀Chinese
Relatives of the seven-colored tanager
Other species in the same genus Tangara.
Paradise tanager
Tangara chilensis
Green-headed tanager
Tangara seledon
Silver-throated tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Golden tanager
Tangara arthus
Red-necked tanager
Tangara cyanocephala
Brassy-breasted tanager
Tangara desmaresti
CompareSeven-colored tanager vs Paradise tanagerSeven-colored tanager vs Green-headed tanagerSeven-colored tanager vs Silver-throated tanagerSeven-colored tanager vs Golden tanager
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the seven-colored tanager?
An adult seven-colored tanager weighs 25.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the seven-colored tanager endangered?
The seven-colored tanager is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
What kind of animal is the seven-colored tanager?
The seven-colored tanager (Tangara fastuosa) 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.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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