The Opal-rumped Tanager is a South American bird. There are four subspecies of this bird. Their body is mostly iridescent blue and black with an orangish-chestnut belly and an opalescent rump. The bill is slender and black. Both sexes look similar but the female may be duller and paler.

:Diet: They forage mostly in crowns of tall trees and will eat fruit (especially small fruit and berries) and insects.

:Courtship: No information found.

:Nesting: The eggs are grayish white and thickly dotted with darker shades of gray.

:Habitat and Range: Opal-rumped Tanagers are found in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest of South America. They are found in low-lying forests and forest edges, plantations and clearings with scattered tall trees. They travel in pairs or small groups (up to 15). They will also sometimes accompany mixed-species flocks.

:Vocalization: Foraging calls are a series of repeated rapid high pitched 'sit' or 'siz' notes. Their song is a weaker sequence of 'tiz' notes that quickly rise and fall in pitch. During flight, they will also utter a high-pitched twitter.

:Plumage/Molt No alternate plumage and molt annually.

:Migration: Not migratory.

:Tongue/feet: Legs and feet are gray.

:Bibliography: b29 w4;June, 2013 w43;June, 2013