Swallow Tanager

Swallow Tanager

Taxobox
name = Swallow Tanager


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Thraupidae
genus = " Tersina "
genus_authority = Vieillot, 1819
species = "T. viridis"
binomial = "Tersina viridis"
binomial_authority =

"Tersina" is a genus of tanager. It contains a single species, the Swallow Tanager ("Tersina viridis").

The species is somewhat dimorphic, as the female is a yellow-green, and the male a brighter light emerald-green, with a small deep black face and upper throat patch.

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=9314 Swallow Tanager videos] on the Internet Bird Collection
* [http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/20125200.htm Stamps] (for Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela) with RangeMap
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=swallow+tanager&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 Swallow Tanager photo gallery] VIREO
* [http://chandra.as.utexas.edu/~kormendy/brazilss/SwallowTanager-2358ss.jpgPhoto-Medium Res] ; [http://chandra.as.utexas.edu/~kormendy/brazilbirds.html Article] chandra.as.utexas.edu—"Birds of Brazil"
* [http://www1.nhl.nl/~ribot/jpggr/gtevi.jpgPhoto-Medium Res] ; [http://www1.nhl.nl/~ribot/ned/tevi.htm Article] nhl.nl—(Suriname birds)
* [http://www.neomorphus.com/colombia/078.%20Swallow-Tanager%20imm%20male.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://www.neomorphus.com/colombia/ Article] neomorphus--"Colombian Birds"
* [http://www.stevenrotsch.com/Memphis%20Zoo%202005%20HTML/picture%201595%20female%20swallow%20tanager.htm Photo-High Res-(female)] ; [http://www.stevenrotsch.com/Memphis%20Zoo%202005%20HTML/picture%201599%20male%20swallow%20tanager.htm Photo-(male)] ; [http://www.stevenrotsch.com/Memphis%20Zoo%202005%20HTML/index.htm Article] stevenrotsch


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