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Opal-rumped Tanager

Tangara velia (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The opal-rumped tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest of South America. The population of the Atlantic Forest has a far paler chest than the other populations, and has often been considered a separate species as the silvery-breasted tanager. Today most authorities treat it as a subspecies of the opal-rumped tanager. Source: Wikipedia




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


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.188

Protonym:
  Motacilla Velia

Type locality:
  Surinam.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/208/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  ECDD97C910F5EA17

Avibase ID:
  avibase-ECDD97C9

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/ECDD97C9


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563322

Geographic range:

  • Tangara velia velia: the Guianas and northern Amazonian Brazil (from Rio Negro eastward to Pará)
  • Tangara velia iridina: Colombia (east of the Andes) to northern Bolivia and northwestern Brazil (eastward to Rio Negro, lower Rio Tapajós, and northwestern Mato Grosso)
  • Tangara velia signata: tropical northeastern Brazil (south of the Amazon River in northeastern Pará)
  • Tangara velia cyanomelas: coastal southeastern Brazil (Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro)
English:
Opal-rumped Tanager
Catalan:
tàngara de vèlia
Czech:
tangara opálová
Danish:
Blåsort Tangar
German:
Rotbauchtangare
Spanish:
Tangara Velia
Spanish (Spain):
Tangara Velia
Finnish:
indigotangara
French:
Calliste varié
Croatian:
ljubičastoprsa tangara
Italian:
Tanagra groppaopale
Japanese (romaji):
murasakifuukinchou
Japanese:
ムラサキフウキンチョウ
Lithuanian:
Raudonpilvė tanagra
Dutch:
Opaalstuittangare
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Opalgumptanagar
Norwegian:
Opalgumptanagar
Polish:
tangarka jasnorzytna
Portuguese:
Saíra-diamante
Portuguese (Brazil):
saíra-diamante/saíra-pérola
Portuguese (Portugal):
tangará-diamante
Russian:
Индиговая танагра
Slovak:
tangara opálová
Swedish:
opalgumpad tangara
Ukrainian:
Танагра червоночерева
Chinese:
白腰唐加拉雀
Chinese (Traditional):
淡白腰唐加拉雀


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Opal-rumped or Silvery-breasted Tanager ( Tangara [velia or cyanomelas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Opal-rumped or Silvery-breasted Tanager ( Tangara [velia or cyanomelas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Opal-rumped or Silvery-breasted Tanager ( Tangara [velia or cyanomelas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Opal-rumped or Silvery-breasted Tanager ( Tangara [velia or cyanomelas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Opal-rumped or Silvery-breasted Tanager ( Tangara [velia or cyanomelas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Opal-rumped or Silvery-breasted Tanager ( Tangara [velia or cyanomelas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Opal-rumped or Silvery-breasted Tanager ( Tangara [velia or cyanomelas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Opal-rumped or Silvery-breasted Tanager ( Tangara [velia or cyanomelas])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Opal-rumped or Silvery-breasted Tanager ( Tangara [velia or cyanomelas])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Calliste varié ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Calliste varié ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Tangara velia [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Tangara velia [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Tangara velia [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Opal-rumped Tanager ( Tangara velia) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tangara velia [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tangara velia [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: tàngara de vèlia
Czech: Tangara opálová
Danish: Blåsort Tangar
German: Rotbauchtangare, Rotbauch-Tangare
English: Opal rumped Tanager, Opal-rumped or Silvery-breasted Tanager, Opal-rumped Tanager
English, HBW: Opal-rumped/Silver-breasted Tanager
English (IOC): Opal-rumped Tanager
English (United States): Opal-rumped Tanager
Spanish: Tangará Culiopalina, Tángara de Lomo Opalino, Tangara lomiopalina, Tángara Tanagrella, Tangara Velia
Spanish (Colombia): Tangará Culiopalina, Tángara diamante
Spanish (Ecuador): Tangara lomiopalina
Spanish (Spain): Tangara Velia
Spanish (HBW): Opal-rumped Tanager
Spanish (Peru): Tangara de Lomo Opalino
Spanish (Venezuela): Tanagrella, Tángara Tanagrella
Finnish: Indigotangara
French: Calliste varié, Calliste varié ou C. à poitrine argentée, Calliste varié ou C. à poitrine argentéeeee, Tangara à ventre rouge
Croatian: ljubičastoprsa tangara
Italian: Tanagra groppaopale, Tangara dal groppone opale
Japanese (romaji): koshijiromurasakifuukinchou, murasakifuukinchou
Japanese: コシジロムラサキフウキンチョウ, ムラサキフウキンチョウ
Scientific: Motacilla Velia, Tangara [velia or cyanomelas], Tangara velia, Tangara velia velia
Lithuanian: Raudonpilvė tanagra
Dutch: Opaalstuittangare, Opaalstuit-tangare
Norwegian Nynorsk: Opalgumptanagar
Norwegian: Opalgumptanagar
Wayampi: Aisilili, Wilasilili
Polish: tangarka jasnorzytna
Portuguese: Pintor-estrela, saíra-diamante, saíra-prateada
Portuguese (Brazil): pintor-estrela, Saíra-diamante, saíra-diamante/saíra-pérola, saíra-prateada
Portuguese (Portugal): Saíra-diamante, tangará-diamante
Russian: Индиговая танагра, Краснобрюхая танагра
Slovak: Tangara gaštanovohnedá, tangara opálová
Swedish: Blåsvart tangara, opalgumpad tangara
Turkish: Opal sokumlu tangara
Ukrainian: Танагра червоночерева
Chinese: 白腰唐加拉雀
Chinese (Traditional): 淡白腰唐加拉雀

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