Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tàngara dorsiargentada |
| Dutch | Zilvertangare |
| English | Silvery Tanager |
| English (United States) | Silvery Tanager |
| French | Calliste argenté |
| French (France) | Calliste argenté |
| German | Goldkehltangare |
| Japanese | ギンイロフウキンチョウ |
| Norwegian | sølvtanagar |
| Polish | tangarka siwogrzbieta |
| Russian | Серебристая танагра |
| Slovak | tangara striebrochrbtá |
| Spanish | Tangara Dorsiplateada |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Tangara Plateada |
| Spanish (Peru) | Tangara Plateada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tangara dorsiplateada |
| Swedish | silverryggig tangara |
| Turkish | Gümüşi Tangara |
| Ukrainian | Танагра сріблиста |
Silvery Tanager Tangara viridicollis
M. Villalobos and Kevin J. Burns
Version: 1.0 — Published March 9, 2012
Version: 1.0 — Published March 9, 2012
Diet and Foraging
Diet
The main diet of the Silvery Tanager is fruits, berries, and invertebrates (Restall et al. 2007). Some fruits that are eaten by this species are coffee berries and melastomes (Isler and Isler 1987). Isler and Isler (1987) report the contents of 4 stomachs: one contained vegetable matter, 2 contained animal matter, and 1 contained both. Contents included seeds and spiders.
