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Silver-throated tanager

Tangara icterocephala (Bonaparte, 1851)

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The silver-throated tanager (Tangara icterocephala) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 22 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Silver-throated tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
Photo: Hans Norelius from Älvsjö, Sweden · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the silver-throated tanager

Weight
22 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
2src 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 silver-throated tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the silver-throated tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The silver-throated tanager (Tangara icterocephala) is a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and northeastern Peru. It inhabits mossy forests, montane forests, tropical lowland evergreen forests and forest edges, along with tall secondary forests and disturbed habitat with remnant trees and forest. It is 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and weighs 22 grams (0.78 oz) on average, and shows slight sexual dimorphism, with duller female plumage. Adult males are mainly bright yellow, with a silvery-white throat bordered above with a black stripe on the cheeks, black streaking on the back, and green edges to the wings and tail. Juveniles are duller and greener.

The silver-throated tanager is omnivorous, and mainly feeds on fruits, especially melastomes, supplemented with arthropods. Breeding occurs from April–September, and two broods are raised in a single breeding season. Cup nests are built by females out of moss, leaves, and spider webs in forests or isolated trees. Eggs are laid in clutches of two and incubated by females. Nestlings leave the nest at around 15 days old. The silver-throated tanager is listed as being of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on the IUCN Red List, but is threatened by habitat destruction.

From the Wikipedia article “Silver-throated tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silver-throated_tanager&oldid=1371444115), 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 silver-throated tanager endangered?

The silver-throated 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 silver-throated tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusTangara
  7. SpeciesTangara icterocephala (Bonaparte, 1851)
Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • tàngara de coll blancCatalan
  • tangara stříbrohrdláCzech
  • tanagr gwddf arianWelsh
  • Sølvstrubet TangarDanish
  • SilberkehltangareGerman
  • arĝentgorĝa tangaroEsperanto
  • Tangara DoradaSpanish
  • Tángara amarillaSpanish
  • tangara garganta de plataSpanish
  • Tangara goliplateadaSpanish
  • hopeakurkkutangaraFinnish
  • Calliste safranFrench
  • srebrnastovrata tangaraCroatian
  • citromtangaraHungarian
  • Tanagra golargentoItalian
  • Tangara gialla golabiancaItalian
  • ギンノドフウキンチョウJapanese
  • pilkagurklė tanagraLithuanian
  • ZilverkeeltangareDutch
  • sølvstrupetanagarNorwegian
  • tangarka cytrynowaPolish
  • saíra-de-papo-prateadoPortuguese
  • tangará-de-garganta-prateadaPortuguese
  • Серебряногорлая танаграRussian
  • Серебристогорлая танаграRussian
  • tangara šafranováSlovak
  • Tangara srebrnog grlaSerbian
  • silverstrupig tangaraSwedish
  • Gümüş Boyunlu TangaraTurkish
  • танагра цитриноваUkrainian
  • 銀喉唐加拉雀Chinese
  • 银喉靓唐纳雀Chinese

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Relatives of the silver-throated 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 silver-throated tanager?

An adult silver-throated tanager weighs 22 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the silver-throated tanager endangered?

The silver-throated 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 silver-throated tanager?

The silver-throated tanager (Tangara icterocephala) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{silver_throated_tanager_2026,
  title = {Silver-throated tanager (Tangara icterocephala)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-throated-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}