This Bird Is So Vividly Green It Looks Just Like A Neon Highlighter
Some birds blend into the trees, but the Glistening Green Tanager does the opposite. Its plumage is so vivid that it looks almost neon, like a highlighter darting through the forest.
This striking tanager is known for its emerald coloring, with small orange and gray tufts behind the eyes and a look that stands out even in a landscape full of green. Males and females appear similar, though females tend to be a little less saturated, and the species is often seen in pairs or alone while moving through mixed flocks in search of fruit and insects.
It is one of those rare birds that seems to glow before you even spot the details. Read on.
Meet the Glistening Green Tanager, a bird you would expect to blend in with nature because of its green color—but it is practically fluorescent.
You would think that this bird would be pretty hard to spot in the wild, given its green color. But it is so green that it almost glows when you see it!
Even though they don't have a beautiful combination of multiple colors, its green plumage is bright enough to make it distinguishable among the green treetops.
This is a raw photo of them, unedited, and has not been enhanced in any way.
And yes, they are really that green. They look like those fluorescent highlighters we used to have in school!
There may be some color correction applied in photos that are shared online, but this one is good enough proof of what it looks like in real life.
Sometimes spotting them in nature can be a little tricky, so when this happens, they can always be identified by their wheezy and lispy calls and vocalizations. Some groups, such as those in Ecuador, exhibit more complicated song arrangements that consist of a series of rapidly produced ticking notes, ending in a jumbled high-pitched group of notes.
And it gets even crazier than the Glistening Green Tanager, like the scientists’ discovery of a glowing ocean organism you can spot from space.
They feed on fruits; however, they prefer small insects and larvae.
Most tanagers feed on fruits, but this one visits the fruiting trees a little less than others because it prefers to consume insects more. They can be hard to keep an eye on since they are almost always searching for prey.
It hangs upside down like a bat and gleans insects from the foliage undersides. They may also come to feeding stations that are stocked with fruits.
Glistening Green Tanagers are classified under the Least Concern category, and hopefully, their numbers won't deplete any time soon. They are just one of the many wonders that nature has to offer!
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Want real camouflage instead of fluorescent green? See the leaf-tailed gecko that looks exactly like dead leaves.
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