- Sporathraupis cyanocephala
Thraupis cyanocephala
Identification
18cm (7in)
A medium-sized tanager
Sexes are alike, with blue cap, dark gray underparts except for yellow crissum, black mask, dark bill and legs.
Back and tail are olive.
Distribution
South America: found found on both slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Winters in Trinidad.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 8 subspecies[1]:
- S. c. cyanocephala:
- S. c. annectens:
- Western and Central Andes of central Colombia
- S. c. auricrissa:
- S. c. margaritae:
- Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
- S. c. hypophaea:
- Subtropical north-western Venezuela (Páramo de las Rosas in Lara)
- S. c. olivicyanea:
- Coastal mountains of northern Venezuela (Aragua to Miranda)
- S. c. subcinerea:
- Coastal mountains of north-eastern Venezuela (Sucre and Monagas)
- S. c. buesingi:
Habitat
Cloudforest borders, secondary growth forests, clearings, between 1800 and 1900m.
Behaviour
Forages on the edges of forest, making it conspicuous; often in small groups, sometimes mixed with other species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue-capped Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-capped_Tanager
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
