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title: "Plain-colored Tanager"
description: "Tangara inornata — Birds. The plain-colored tanager (Tangara inornata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/plain-colored-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plain-colored Tanager

> Tangara inornata — Birds. The plain-colored tanager (Tangara inornata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Tangara inornata*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1301
- Wikidata: [Q1590551](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1590551)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9548](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9548)

## Names

- en: Plain-colored Tanager
- de: Schlichttangare
- es: Tangara cenicienta
- fr: Calliste gris
- nl: Grijze tangare
- pl: Tangarka szara

## Countries with the most observations

PA (746), CO (356), CR (99)

## Summary

The plain-colored tanager (Tangara inornata) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain-colored_tanager

## Photo

![Plain-colored Tanager](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plain-colored-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/389465171

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/plain-colored-tanager?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).