Swallow Tanager
Tersina viridis(Illiger, JKW, 1811)
English (US) Swallow Tanager
The Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Tersina viridis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Swallow Tanager
- Described by
- (Illiger, JKW, 1811)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Tersina viridis grisescens
- Tersina viridis occidentalis
- Tersina viridis viridis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo viridis
- Described by
- (Illiger, JKW, 1811)
- Type locality
- based on 'L'Hirondelle verte' of Temminck Sandwich Island ; error, eastern Brazil substituted by Hellmayr, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 9, p. 1.
- Original description
- Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium: additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica p.229
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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