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Golden Tanager

Tangara arthus

• epic
• 35 km/h
• Least Concern

Andes cloud forest specialist, brilliant gold with black patches. Forages for fruit in mixed flocks through montane forest.

Population

Not numerically quantified in accessible sources; described as widespread and often common across its Andean range, with an overall decreasing population trend

Habitat

Humid montane evergreen forest, forest edges, and adjacent secondary growth, mainly at 700-2,500 m elevation (most common 1,000-1,500 m)

Fun fact

The genus name Tangara derives from a Tupi word meaning "dancer," while the species name arthus honors Arthus Bertrand, a 19th-century French bookseller and publisher.

Range

Andes from Bolivia north through Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia to Venezuela, plus the Venezuelan Coastal Range

Diet

Omnivorous forest-canopy forager: eats succulent fruits and berries plus arthropods/insects gleaned from foliage and mossy branches (often hangs upside-down from petioles/moss to feed), frequently in mixed-species flocks — confirmed species-specific (not merely genus-typical) via Birds of the World/Neotropical Birds species account

Size

0.13 m