Ecuador
Paradise Tanager
Tangara chilensis
(L 5.5" Wt 0.6 oz)
Unmistakably, brilliantly colored
...widespread in the western and
northern Amazon Basin.
Considered the quintessential
multicolored neotropical bird.
(Cornell Ornith. Lab)
Old Zamora Road
18Feb2013
flash photos
Tangara in a Brazilian Tupi native
name for a brightly-colored bird;
chilensis refers to Chile.
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