The silver-backed tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis), also known as the silvery tanager, is a species of bird in the tanager family. It is found in humid highland forests in southern Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is regularly spotted at Machu Picchu.
| Silver-backed tanager | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Stilpnia |
| Species: | S. viridicollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Stilpnia viridicollis (Taczanowski, 1884)
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References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Tangara viridicollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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