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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
A medium-sized (18cm, 7in.) tanager<br /> | A medium-sized (18cm, 7in.) tanager<br /> | ||
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[[South America]]: found found on both slopes of the Andes in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]]. Winters in [[Trinidad]]. | [[South America]]: found found on both slopes of the Andes in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]]. Winters in [[Trinidad]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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| − | + | [[Image:Blue-capped_Tanager.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Juninho|Juninho}}<br /> Inca Pueblo Hotel, Machu Picchu, [[Peru]], October 2005]] | |
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*''T. c. cyanocephala'': | *''T. c. cyanocephala'': | ||
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Forages on the edges of forest, making it conspicuous; often in small groups, sometimes mixed with other species. | Forages on the edges of forest, making it conspicuous; often in small groups, sometimes mixed with other species. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Thraupis+cyanocephala}} | {{GSearch|Thraupis+cyanocephala}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Thraupis]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Thraupis]] | ||
Revision as of 00:53, 31 May 2017
- Thraupis cyanocephala
Identification
A medium-sized (18cm, 7in.) 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]:
- T. c. cyanocephala:
- T. c. annectens:
- Western and Central Andes of central Colombia
- T. c. auricrissa:
- T. c. margaritae:
- Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
- T. c. hypophaea:
- Subtropical north-western Venezuela (Páramo de las Rosas in Lara)
- T. c. olivicyanea:
- Coastal mountains of northern Venezuela (Aragua to Miranda)
- T. c. subcinerea:
- Coastal mountains of north-eastern Venezuela (Sucre and Monagas)
- T. 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, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://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 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-capped_Tanager
