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Tangara mexicana

Trinidadian race, T. m. vieiloti
Photo by Steve G
Photo taken: Asa Wright Centre, Trinidad.

Photo credit: Peter R. Bono
Date: 2008-08-12
Location: from canopy tower, Manu Wildlife Center (approx. 320m), Peru

[edit] Identification

14cm long and weigh 20g. They are long-tailed and with a dark stout pointed bill. The adult is mainly dark blue, with a turquoise shoulder patch and yellow lower underparts.

The Trinidadian race, T. m. vieiloti, has a darker blue head and breast and more vividly yellow underparts than the mainland forms.

[edit] Distribution

Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and the Guianas.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Forest, open woodland and cultivation.

[edit] Behaviour

It builds a bulky cup nest which is placed in a tree or shrub. 3 brown-blotched grey-green eggs are laid and are incubated by the female.

The diet includes fruit and insects.

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