The Silver-throated Tanager is overall lemon-yellow but not super bright; it usually looks a bit dirty. Distinctive silvery throat; also note green edges on wing feathers and black streaks on the back. Sexes similar; females a bit duller than males. Common and active; usually found in pairs or small flocks, sometimes with larger mixed feeding flocks. Tends to be found in more open areas, such as forest edges or gardens, but also in the forest canopy. Feeds on fruit.s a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and northeastern Peru. It inhabits mossy forests, montane evergreen forests, tropical lowland evergreen forests, and forest edges, along with tall secondary forests and disturbed habitats with remnant trees and forest. Adult males are mainly bright yellow, with a silvery-white throat bordered above with a black stripe on the cheeks, black streaking on the back, and green edges to the wings and tail. Juveniles are duller and greener.