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(Redirected from Tangara mexicana vieilloti)
Subspecies boliviana
Photo by AmazonSupreme12
Amazonas, Brazil, March 2016
Tangara mexicana

Identification

14 cm (5½ in); Longer tailed tanager with a dark, stout, pointed bill

  • Dark blue overall plumage
  • Turquoise shoulder patch
  • Yellow lower underparts

Distribution

Trinidadian race, T. m. vieiloti
Photo by Steve G
Asa Wright Centre, Trinidad, May 2006

Caribbean and South America:
Caribbean: occurs only on Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

  • T. m. media:
  • T. m. vieilloti: darker blue head and breast and more vividly yellow underparts
Trinidad
  • T. m. boliviana:
  • T. m. mexicana:
  • T. m. brasiliensis:
  • Coastal south-eastern Brazil (southern Bahia to Rio de Janeiro) and northern Brazil (Amazon Basin)

Habitat

Borders of humid forests, disturbed forests and clearings.

Behaviour

Breeding

They construct a bulky cup nest in a tree or shrub. The clutch consists of 3 greyish-green eggs with brown blotches, which is incubated by the female.

Diet

Their diet consists of fruit and insects.

Gallery

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References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2016)
  4. guyanawiki

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