Paradise Tanager

Color

Blue

Characteristic

Companion, Cute, Exotic, Fancy, Pet, Playful, Rare

Additional Comments

Description: The Paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis) is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird for sale whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm. It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage. Depending on subspecies, the rump is yellow and red or all red. The beak is black and the legs are grey. It is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It's natural habitat is humid tropical and subtropical forests in the western and northern Amazon Basin in South America.... (read more) Despite its scientific name, it is not found in Chile.

Geography: South America

Size / Weight: 5" / 16 - 17 g

Song / Call: Click here to listen to the Paradise Tanager

Temperament: Paradise tanagers are excitable and noisy, and notably gregarious. They are almost always encountered in single-species flocks of 3–15 individuals, sometimes more, or in groups that associate with canopy mixed-species flocks. Moving in and out of slower-moving mixed-species flocks, Paradise tanagers sometimes remain for only a few minutes before flying off. They mainly forage very high up, average is 25–50 m above ground, only infrequently dropping low along forested edges to reach fruiting shrubs. Groups of Paradise tanagers are restless and active with individuals searching rapidly on high open branches by hopping outwards and leaning downwards, first along one side of a branch and then the other, to check sides and undersurfaces.

Sexing: Unable to determine gender without DNA testing.

DNA Testing

If there is no gender option listed for a bird on our website, that particular species is 'monomorphic', which means we’re unable to determine gender without purchasing DNA testing. DNA testing is an additional $149 per bird to guarantee preferred gender. DNA testing may add an additional 3-6 plus weeks to estimated delivery time to allow for gender results. See our FAQs for more info.

Diet: Pears, papayas, bananas and small soft billed pellets, mealworms

Shipping and Safety Travel Boxes

Shipping Notes

Yes, We Ship! $79.99 - LIVE BIRD(S) - (USPS) Safety Travel Box $279.99 - LIVE BIRD(S) - (Commercial Airline) Safety Travel Box

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