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Photo by Arthur Grosset
Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 2004

Thraupis cyanoptera

[edit] Identification

[edit] Similar Species

Very similar to Sayaca Tanager but has a heavier bill with deep blue on the shoulders and a greenish tinge on the flanks.

[edit] Distribution

South America: found in coastal south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul)

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Border of lowland Atlantic rain forest and farmland

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

Their diet includes fruit.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• Arthur Grosset's Birds