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title: "Green-headed Tanager"
description: "Tangara seledon — Uccelli. The green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon) is a brightly colored bird found in the Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina (Misiones only)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/green-headed-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green-headed Tanager

> Tangara seledon — Uccelli. The green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon) is a brightly colored bird found in the Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina (Misiones only).

- Scientific name: *Tangara seledon*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 3429
- Wikidata: [Q538602](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538602)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9557](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9557)

## Names

- en: Green-headed Tanager
- de: Dreifarbentangare
- es: Saíra arcoiris
- fr: Calliste à tête verte
- nl: Prachttangare
- pt: Saíra-sete-cores
- pl: Tangarka seledynowa

## Countries with the most observations

BR (3138), AR (164)

## Summary

The green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon) is a brightly colored bird found in the Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina (Misiones only).
As other members of the genus Tangara, it is a small colorful bird, measuring an average of 13.5 centimeters (5.3 in) and a mass of 18g (0.6 oz). The green-headed Tanager has a greenish or bluish head, black on the back, and a contrastingly colored, orange or red rump. Females and juvenile birds have similar, though duller coloration. While essentially a bird of humid forests, it is also common in orchards and parks, where…

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

## Photo

![Green-headed Tanager](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-headed-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138548051

## Machine access

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