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Swallow tanager

Tersina viridis (Illiger, 1811)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The swallow tanager (Tersina viridis) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 28.8 g to 31.2 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Swallow tanager (Tersina viridis)
Photo: Guillermo Debandi · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the swallow tanager

Weight
28.8 g – 31.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Frugivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
15 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.5 – 3src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1.5src 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

Where does the swallow tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the swallow tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The swallow tanager (Tersina viridis) is a species of Neotropic bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It occurs regularly in Panama, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. It has occurred as a vagrant in those two countries and on Tobago and Bonaire and there are unconfirmed reports from Curaçao.

From the Wikipedia article “Swallow tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swallow_tanager&oldid=1370033290), 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 swallow tanager endangered?

The swallow 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 swallow tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusTersina
  7. SpeciesTersina viridis (Illiger, 1811)

Synonyms Chelidorhamphus orhycterus, Procnias caerulea, Procnias hirundacea, Procnias viridis, Tersina caerulea

Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • tàngara orenetaCatalan
  • tangara vlaštovčíCzech
  • tanagr cynffonfforchogWelsh
  • SvaletangarDanish
  • SchwalbentangareGerman
  • hirundeca tangaroEsperanto
  • Tangara golondrinaSpanish
  • tanagara golondrinaSpanish
  • TersinaSpanish
  • pääskytangaraFinnish
  • Tersine hirondelleFrench
  • tangara lastavičarkaCroatian
  • fecsketangaraHungarian
  • Tanagra rondineItalian
  • ツバメフウキンチョウJapanese
  • kregždinė tanagraLithuanian
  • ZwaluwtangareDutch
  • svaletanagarNorwegian
  • Tanagra SouchiPapiamento
  • Tanagra SwalchiPapiamento
  • tersynaPolish
  • saí-andorinhaPortuguese
  • tangará-andorinhaPortuguese
  • Ласточковая танаграRussian
  • tersina tyrkysováSlovak
  • Lastavičja tangaraSerbian
  • svaltangaraSwedish
  • Kırlangıç TangarasıTurkish
  • терзинаUkrainian
  • 燕嘴唐纳雀Chinese
  • 燕嘴唐加拉雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the swallow tanager

Other species in the same family Thraupidae.

LC, Least Concern
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)

Bananaquit

Coereba flaveola

Thraupidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the swallow tanager?

An adult swallow tanager weighs 28.8 g – 31.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the swallow tanager endangered?

The swallow 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 swallow tanager?

The swallow tanager (Tersina viridis) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Swallow tanager (Tersina viridis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/swallow-tanager

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BibTeX
@misc{swallow_tanager_2026,
  title = {Swallow tanager (Tersina viridis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/swallow-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}