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title: "Goudtangare"
description: "Tangara arthus — Vogels. The golden tanager (Tangara arthus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/golden-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Goudtangare

> Tangara arthus — Vogels. The golden tanager (Tangara arthus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Tangara arthus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 2870
- Wikidata: [Q776016](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q776016)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9560](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9560)

## Names

- en: Golden Tanager
- de: Goldtangare
- es: Tángara Dorada
- fr: Calliste doré
- nl: Goudtangare
- pt: Saíra-dourada
- pl: Tangarka złota

## Countries with the most observations

EC (1594), CO (990), PE (91), VE (46), BO (9)

## Summary

The golden tanager (Tangara arthus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is widespread and often common in highland forests of the Andes (from Bolivia and northwards) and Venezuelan Coastal Range in north-western South America.
Its plumage is overall golden-yellow with black to the back, wings, tail and ear-coverts. Some subspecies are partially/largely brown below.

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

## Photo

![Goudtangare](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/golden-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Theo Summer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259285724

## Machine access

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