Blue-and-yellow Tanager

Photo © by Fabio
Gramado, Brazil, September 2005

Pipraeidea bonariensis

Thraupis bonariensis

Identification

Female
Photo © by Francisco Paludo
Curitiba, PR, Brazil, September 2017

17 cm (6¾ in)
Male

• Blue head and throat
• Black mask
• Greenish back
• Yellow rump
• Yellow underparts
• Orange breast
  

Female

• Duller
• Pale blue head
• Olive back
• Whitish throat
• Buffy underparts

Distribution

South America: found in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Sometimes included in the genus Thraupis.

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• P. b. darwinii:

• Andes of Ecuador to northern Chile

• P. b. composita:

• Andes of eastern and central Bolivia

• P. b. schulzei:

• Paraguay and north-western Argentina (south to Mendoza and Lavalle)

• P. b. bonariensis:

• Southern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) to Uruguay and northern Argentina

Habitat

Pacific lowlands and inter-montane valleys, cloudforests, montanes and high altitude shrubland, light woodland, agricultural areas and gardens with trees and shrubs.

Behaviour

Diet

Readily visits bird feeders. Their diet consists of both fruit and insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset
4. BF Member observations
5. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2016)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blue-and-yellow Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-and-yellow_Tanager

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