Paradise Tanager

[[image: paradisetanager.jpg ]]

[[image: paradisetanager.jpg ]]

'''Scientific Name:''' Tangara chilensis chlorocorys

'''Scientific Name:''' Tangara chilensis chlorocorys

'''Habitat:''' South America; distributed in a broad arc round the north and west of the Amazon Basin. It appear to be absent from much of central Amazonia and south of the Amazon. Often found in the canopy and edges of humid forest where it is often in mixed canopy flocks.

'''Habitat:''' South America; distributed in a broad arc round the north and west of the Amazon Basin. It appear to be absent from much of central Amazonia and south of the Amazon. Often found in the canopy and edges of humid forest where it is often in mixed canopy flocks.

'''Diet:''' Mostly fruit, some insects and spiders. Found foraging in treetops, undergrowth, or shrubbery.

'''Diet:''' Mostly fruit, some insects and spiders. Found foraging in treetops, undergrowth, or shrubbery.

'''Cool Facts:''' All of the most striking Tanagers in the world come from the tropical genus, Tangara. There are about 50 species which are sometimes called callistes. The Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis), called siete colores (Spanish) from its seven hues, including green, scarlet, and purple.

'''Cool Facts:''' All of the most striking Tanagers in the world come from the tropical genus, Tangara. There are about 50 species which are sometimes called callistes. The Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis), called siete colores (Spanish) from its seven hues, including green, scarlet, and purple.