| Paradise tanager | |
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| InYanachaga–Chemillén National Park, Peru | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Tangara |
| Species: | T. chilensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tangara chilensis | |
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Theparadise tanager (Tangara chilensis) is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sizedsongbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm (5.3 to 6"). It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage.The vivid colours of the paradise tanager have been linked to underlying achromatic feather layers (black or white) that enhance the brilliance of structural colours.[3] Depending on subspecies, the behind is yellow and red or all red. The beak is black and the legs are grey. It is native to theAmazon rainforest.
Found in humid tropical and subtropical forests in the western and northernAmazon Basin inSouth America, the species can be found inVenezuela,Peru,Colombia,Ecuador,Bolivia andBrazil. Despite its scientific name, it is not found in Chile.[citation needed]
