Swallow Tanager

Tersina viridis (Illiger, 1811)

14–15 cmLength29 gWeight

The swallow tanager (Tersina viridis) is a species of Neotropic bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

Most records: Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Most records: Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia

Swallow Tanager has been recorded at 379 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 14 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Reserva Mashpi-AmagusaEcuador1,378 records
Mindo – Vía a las cascadasEcuador1,083 records
Milpe Bird SanctuaryEcuador872 records

More places

PN Chapada dos Guimarães – Pousada do ParqueBrazil786 records
PN Iguazú – Área CataratasArgentina695 records
Jardim da AmazôniaBrazil619 records
Los Amigos Biological StationPeru590 records
PP Urugua-í – Seccional UruzúArgentina581 records
MincaColombia551 records
Manu BiolodgePeru478 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Ecuador Brazil Colombia Peru Argentina Venezuela Trinidad & Tobago Paraguay

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The swallow tanager (Tersina viridis) is a species of Neotropic bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It occurs regularly in Panama, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. It has occurred as a vagrant in those two countries and on Tobago and Bonaire and there are unconfirmed reports from Curaçao.

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