Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tàngara oreneta |
| Dutch | Zwaluwtangare |
| English | Swallow Tanager |
| English (United States) | Swallow Tanager |
| French | Tersine hirondelle |
| French (France) | Tersine hirondelle |
| German | Schwalbentangare |
| Icelandic | Svölutáni |
| Japanese | ツバメフウキンチョウ |
| Norwegian | svaletanagar |
| Polish | tersyna |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | saí-andorinha |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Saí-andorinha |
| Russian | Ласточковая танагра |
| Serbian | Lastavičja tangara |
| Slovak | tersina tyrkysová |
| Spanish | Tangara Golondrina |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Tersina |
| Spanish (Chile) | Tersina |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Tersina (Tangara Golondrina) |
| Spanish (Panama) | Tersina |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Tersina |
| Spanish (Peru) | Azulejo Golondrina |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tangara golondrina |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Tersina |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Azulejo Golondrina |
| Swedish | svaltangara |
| Turkish | Kırlangıç Tangarası |
| Ukrainian | Терзина |
Tersina viridis (Illiger, 1811)
PROTONYM:
Hirundo viridis
Illiger, 1811. Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium: additis terminis zoographicis utriusque classis, eorumque versione germanica, p.229.
TYPE LOCALITY:
based on 'L'Hirondelle verte' of Temminck Sandwich Island ; error, eastern Brazil substituted by Hellmayr, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 9, p. 1.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TERSINA
- viridis
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Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis Scientific name definitions
Steven Hilty
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 4, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 4, 2013
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
Authors
Steven Hilty
Recommended Citation
Hilty, S. (2020). Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.swatan1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- March 4, 2013
- Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
Authors
Steven Hilty
Recommended Citation
Hilty, S. (2013). Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
