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Photo by Carlos Henrique
Location: Praia de Guaraú -Peruíbe - Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2007
Tangara peruviana

Identification

14.5 cm

  • Bluish-turquoise underparts
  • Pale reddish-brown vent and undertail-coverts.

Male

  • Chestnut head
  • Black back
  • Yellowish-buff rump and wing-coverts
  • Dusky wings with greenish fringes

Female - duller and greener, lacks black on back, dull green wing-coverts.

Distribution

Lowlands of south-eastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina)

Taxonomy

Monotypic[1]

Habitat

Dry forest and dry shrubland.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes mainly fruit, with some insects and spiders.

References

Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

  1. BirdLife International

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