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White-bellied Tanager

Tangara brasiliensis (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The turquoise tanager is a medium-sized passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is a resident bird from Trinidad, much of Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia. It is restricted to areas with humid forest, with its primary distribution being the Amazon, while a disjunct population occurs in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. The latter population is sometimes considered a separate species, the white-bellied tanager. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thraupidae
Genus:
   Tangara
Scientific:
  Tangara brasiliensis


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Tanagra brasiliensis

Type locality:
  Brazil ; restricted to Rio de Janeiro by Berlepsch, 1912, Verh. V Intern. Ornith. Kongr., Berlin, 1911, p. 1037.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/320/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  513E1AA9F1A134CD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-513E1AA9

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/513E1AA9


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 730813

English:
White-bellied Tanager
Bulgarian:
Белокорема танагра
Catalan:
tàngara ventreblanca
Danish:
Hvidbuget Turkistangar
German:
Weißbauchtangare
Esperanto:
blankventra tangaro
Spanish:
Tangara ventriblanca
Spanish (Spain):
Tangara ventriblanca
French:
Calliste à ventre blanc
Croatian:
bahijska tangara
Italian:
Tanagra panciabianca
Japanese (romaji):
shiroharafuukinchou
Japanese:
シロハラフウキンチョウ
Dutch:
Witbuiktangare
Norwegian:
hvitbuktanagar
Polish:
tangarka brazylijska
Portuguese:
Cambada-de-chaves
Portuguese (Brazil):
cambada-de-chaves
Portuguese (Portugal):
tangará-de-barriga-branca
Slovak:
tangara brazílska
Serbian:
Belotrba tirkizna tangara
Swedish:
vitbukig tangara
Turkish:
Brezilya Turkuaz Tangarası
Ukrainian:
Танагра білочерева
Chinese:
白腹靓唐纳雀


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis)
Clements, version 2021:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied) ( Tangara mexicana brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied) ( Tangara mexicana brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied) ( Tangara mexicana brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied) ( Tangara mexicana brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied) ( Tangara mexicana brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied) ( Tangara mexicana brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied) ( Tangara mexicana brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied) ( Tangara mexicana brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied) ( Tangara mexicana brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied) ( Tangara mexicana brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied) ( Tangara mexicana brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied) ( Tangara mexicana brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White-bellied Tanager ( Tangara brasiliensis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tangara mexicana brasiliensis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Tangara [mexicana or brasiliensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Bulgarian: Белокорема танагра
Catalan: tàngara ventreblanca
Danish: Hvidbuget Turkistangar
German: Türkistangare (brasiliensis), Weißbauchtangare
English: Brasilian Tanager, Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied), White-bellied Tanager
[ENAV]: White-bellied Tanager
English, HBW: White-bellied Tanager
English (IOC): Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied), White-bellied Tanager
English (United States): Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied), White-bellied Tanager
Esperanto: blankventra tangaro
Spanish: Tangara Turquesa (brasiliensis), Tangara ventriblanca
Spanish (Ecuador): Tangara Turquesa (brasiliensis), Tangara Ventriblanca
Spanish (Spain): Tangara Turquesa (brasiliensis), Tangara ventriblanca
Spanish (HBW): Turquoise Tanager (White-bellied)
Spanish (Peru): Tangara Turquesa (brasiliensis)
Spanish (Venezuela): Tángara Turquesa (brasiliensis)
French: Calliste à ventre blanc, Calliste diable-enrhumé (à ventre blanc), Calliste diable-enrhumé (brasiliensis)
French (Guyane): Calliste diable-enrhumé (brasiliensis)
Croatian: bahijska tangara
Italian: Tanagra panciabianca
Japanese (romaji): shiroharafuukinchou, torukoishifuukinchou (brasiliensis)
Japanese: シロハラフウキンチョウ, トルコイシフウキンチョウ (brasiliensis), トルコイシフウキンチョウ(brasiliensis)
Scientific: Tanagra brasiliensis, Tangara brasiliensis, Tangara mexicana brasiliensis
Dutch: Turkooistangare (brasiliensis), Witbuiktangare
Norwegian: hvitbuktanagar, kobolttanagar (brasiliensis)
Polish: tangarka brazylijska, tangarka żółtobrzucha (brasiliensis)
Portuguese: Cambada-de-chaves
Portuguese (Brazil): Cambada-de-chaves
Portuguese (Portugal): Cambada-de-chaves, tangará-de-barriga-branca, tangará-turquesa (brasiliensis)
Russian: Сапфировая танагра (brasiliensis)
Slovak: tangara brazílska, tangara brazílska (skup.)
Serbian: Belotrba tirkizna tangara
Swedish: amazontangara (brasiliensis), vitbukig tangara
Turkish: Brezilya Turkuaz Tangarası, Turkuaz tangara (brasiliensis)
Ukrainian: Танагра білочерева, Танагра бірюзова (підвид brasiliensis)
Chinese: 白腹靓唐纳雀

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