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Opal-backed or Opal-rumped Tanager This beauty came and landed in the tree that our tower was tied to, so 30 metres up, above the canopy. Fazenda Sao Nicolau,Mato Grosso,Opal-backed Tanager,Opal-rumped tanager,Rio Juruena,Tangara velia Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Opal-backed or Opal-rumped Tanager

This beauty came and landed in the tree that our tower was tied to, so 30 metres up, above the canopy.

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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.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by NattyOne
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By NattyOne

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Uploaded Feb 3, 2023. Captured Aug 8, 2022 13:35.
  • Canon EOS 5D Mark III
  • f/5.6
  • 1/790s
  • ISO400
  • 320mm