Seven-colored Tanager

Tangara fastuosa

Vulnerable. Atlantic coast Brazil: Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas. Prized by the cage-bird trade for its seven blazing colors.

Population: 2,500–9,999 mature individuals, declining
Habitat: Lowland and submontane Atlantic Forest remnants in northeastern Brazil, including forest edge, secondary growth/bushy second growth, and cultivated or agroforestry areas (e.g. cacao shade plantations) near forest
Fun fact: Named for its dazzling seven-color plumage — turquoise-green, black, bright blue, ultramarine, pale turquoise-blue, dark blue, and orange — this small (13.5 cm) tanager is restricted to a shrinking patch of Atlantic Forest in the Pernambuco Centre of Endemism and is listed Vulnerable due to habitat loss and the cage-bird trade.
Range: Endemic to the Pernambuco Centre of Endemism in northeastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest: confirmed current range spans Pernambuco, Alagoas, and Paraíba; historical records also exist from eastern Rio Grande do Norte and north-central Pernambuco, though some may represent escaped cage birds rather than wild populations
Diet: Mainly fruit (including small dark fruits such as Miconia and Myrtaceae/guava-type blossoms), supplemented by arthropods (including mantises) gleaned from foliage and branches; feeds nestlings a mix of small fruit and insect clusters
Size: 0.135 m

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