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Paradise tanager closeup, Mambita, Santa María, Colombia Very colorful tanager that creates a lot of excitment amidst both guides and tourists. From this angle, you can also see its bright orange bottom. Boyacá,Colombia,Fall,Geotagged,Paradise tanager,Santa María,South America,Tangara chilensis,World Click/tap to enlarge

Paradise tanager closeup, Mambita, Santa María, Colombia

Very colorful tanager that creates a lot of excitment amidst both guides and tourists. From this angle, you can also see its bright orange bottom.

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    Claire Hamilton
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    Gosh, what a stunning bird! Posted 8 years ago

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The Paradise tanager

The paradise tanager is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm. It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage. Depending on subspecies, the rump is yellow and red or all red. The beak is black and the legs are grey.

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Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Feb 19, 2017. Captured Oct 18, 2016 11:18 in Sta. María - Medina, Santa María, Boyacá, Colombia.
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  • NIKON D810
  • f/5.6
  • 1/200s
  • ISO250
  • 400mm
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Captured in the fall. More fall photos.