Distribution

Seven-colored Tanager is resident in the humid Atlantic coastal forests in northeastern Brazil. This species is found primarily in the states of Paraiba, Pernambuco, and Alagoas. Some birds have also been reported from the state of Rio Grande do Norte (13 Silveira, L. F., F. Olmos, S. A. Roda, and A. J. Long (2003). Notes on the Seven-coloured Tanager Tangara fastuosa in north-east Brazil. Cotinga 20:82–88. Close ), but these records are questionable and require documentation (14 Sagot-Martin, F., R. D. Lima, J. F. Pacheco, J. B. Irusta, M. Pichorim, and D. M. Hassett (2020). An updated checklist of the birds of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, with comments on new, rare, and unconfirmed species. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 140(3):218–298. Close ). The center of elevational abundance is in the lower tropical zone (15 Parker III, T. A., D. F. Stotz, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. (1996). Ecological and distributional databases for Neotropical birds. In Neotropical Birds, Ecology and Conservation (D. F. Stotz, J. W. Fitzpatrick, T. A. Parker III, and D. K. Moskovits, Editors), University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA. pp. 118‒407. Close ), and primarily occurs from the lowlands to about 850 m in elevation, but occurs at higher elevations at some localities (1 Isler, M. L., and P. R. Isler (1987). The Tanagers: Natural History, Distribution, and Identification. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, USA. Close ); occurs at 160 m in São José da Lage, Alagoas, and up to to 1,067 m in Taquaritinga do Norte, Pernambuco (16 Roda, S. A., G. A. Pereira, and C. Albano (2011) Conservação de aves endêmicas e ameaçadas do Centro de Endemismo Pernambuco. Editora Universitária da UFPE, Recife, Brazil. Close ). Seven-colored Tanager occurs in the Atlantic Forest Zoogeographic Region as defined by Parker et al. (15 Parker III, T. A., D. F. Stotz, and J. W. Fitzpatrick. (1996). Ecological and distributional databases for Neotropical birds. In Neotropical Birds, Ecology and Conservation (D. F. Stotz, J. W. Fitzpatrick, T. A. Parker III, and D. K. Moskovits, Editors), University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA. pp. 118‒407. Close ).

Due to severe habitat loss in the Atlantic Forest, it is presumed that the Seven-colored Tanager previously had a much wider distribution (17 Silveira, L.F., Olmos, F. and Long, A.J. (2003). Birds in Atlantic Forest fragments in north-east Brazil. Cotinga 20: 32–46. Close , 13 Silveira, L. F., F. Olmos, S. A. Roda, and A. J. Long (2003). Notes on the Seven-coloured Tanager Tangara fastuosa in north-east Brazil. Cotinga 20:82–88. Close ).