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'Tangara ' is a large genus of birds of the tanager family. It includes about 50 species, but as currently defined the genus is polyphyletic. All are from the Neotropics, and while most are fairly widespread, some have small distributions and are threatened. They are fairly small, ranging in size from . This genus includes some of the most spectacularly colored birds of the world.
These tanagers are mainly found high in forest canopies, but some occupy more open habitat. They are found at all elevations below tree line but are most diverse in the Andean subtropical and foothill forests of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
The female builds a usually well concealed cup nest and lays two brown- or lilac-speckled white eggs. These hatch in 13–14 days and the chicks fledge in a further 15–16 days. The male and female feed the nestlings on insects and fruit, and may be assisted by helpers.
Tangara tanagers pick insects from leaves, or sometimes in flight, but fruit is a major dietary item, accounting for 53-86% of food items in those species which have been studied.
Tangara may refer to:
- Tangara (genus), a genus of birds of the tanager family
- Aerotec A-132 Tangará, a Brazilian military trainer aircraft
- Tangará da Serra, a town in Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Tangará, Rio Grande do Norte, a town in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Tangará, Santa Catarina, a town in Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Sydney Trains T or G sets or Tangara, a class of electric train in Sydney, Australia
- Tangara (novel), a 1960 children's novel by Australian author Nan Chauncy
''Tangara'' (1960) is a novel for children by Australian author Nan Chauncy, illustrated by Brian Wildsmith. It won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1961.'''
Usage examples of "tangara".
On the banks and bushes about these, king-wrens were hopping about and larks singing joyously in concert with the tangaras, the rivals in color of the brilliant humming birds.