golden tanager (Tangara arthus) Description Cali, Valle, Colombia (Km. 18 , Finca Alejandría)
Date 4 February 2013, 09:02
Source Tangara arthus / Tángara dorada / Golden Tanager https://www.flickr.com/photos/24201429@N04/8542820434/
Author Félix Uribe from Colombia https://www.flickr.com/people/24201429@N04
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tangara_arthus_-_T%C3%A1ngara_dorada_-_Golden_Tanager_(8542820434).jpg
The golden tanager (Tangara arthus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. Golden tanagers are widespread and often common in highland forests of the Andes (from Bolivia and northwards) and Venezuelan Coastal Range in north-western South America. Its plumage is overall golden-yellow with black to the back, wings, tail and ear-coverts. Some subspecies are partially/largely brown below. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Thraupidae, Genus: Tangara, Species: Tangara arthus Lesson, 1832.