Photo by Stanley Jones
Just above Vesuvius in Los Tarrales Reserve, south of San Lucas Taliman, Guatemala, April 2010
Just above Vesuvius in Los Tarrales Reserve, south of San Lucas Taliman, Guatemala, April 2010
Alternative name: Cabanis's Tanager
- Tangara cabanisi
Identification
15 cm
- Purplish-azure crown
- Black lores and iris
- Mottled green mantle
- Pale sky-blue rump and uppertail
- Black central tail feathers with blue edging
- Paler underparts with black scaling on upper breast
- Black scapulars and greater and median wing-coverts.
Distribution
Central America: found in southern Mexico and adjacent Guatemala
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Between 860-1900 m asl in humid broadleaf evergreen forest and plantations near to forest edge.
Behaviour
Diet
The Azure-rumped Tanager is omnivorous, it feeds on fruit and invertebrates.
Breeding
Two eggs are laid in a cup-shaped nest which is hidden in dense foliage. Incubation takes around 14 days.
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- BirdLife International (2006) Species factsheet: Tangara cabanisi. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/6/2006
- Eisermann, K. (2011) Azure-rumped Tanager (Tangara cabanisi), Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=607116
- Eisermann, K., & C. Avendaño. (2007) Lista comentada de las aves de Guatemala - Annotated checklist of the birds of Guatemala. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
- Eisermann, K., S. Arbeiter, G. López, C. Avendaño, and J. de León Lux. (2011) Distribution, habitat use, and implications for the conservation of the globally threatened Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi in Guatemala. Bird Conservation International 21 (doi:10.1017/S0959270910000638).
- Eisermann, K., S. Arbeiter, G. López, C. Avendaño, J. de León Lux, A. Burge, A. de León Lux, & E. Buchán. (2011) Nesting ecology of the Endangered Azure-rumped Tanager (Tangara cabanisi) in Guatemala. Ornitología Neotropical 22: 39-57.
- Eisermann, K., G. López, J. Berry, J. de León Lux, and A. Burge. (2011) Vocalisations and juvenile plumage of Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi. Cotinga OL 33: 46-49.
- Gómez de Silva, H. (1997) Further observations on the nesting of the Azure-rumped Tanager. Bulletin British Ornithologists’ Club 117: 16-18.
- Heath, M., & A. Long. (1991) Habitat, distribution and status of the Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi in Mexico. Bird Conservation International 1: 223.254.
- Hilty, S. L., & D. Simon. (1977) The Azure-rumped Tanager in Mexico with comparative remarks on the Gray-and-gold Tanager. Auk 94: 605-606.
- Howell, S. N. G. & S. Webb (1995): A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York.
- Isler, M. L., & P. R. Isler. (1999) The tanagers: natural history, distribution and identification. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
- Long, A. J., & M. F. Heath. (1994) Nesting ecology and helping behaviour in the Azure-rumped Tanager in Mexico. Condor 96: 1095-1099.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Azure-rumped Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Azure-rumped_Tanager
External Links
Recent studies on Azure-rumped Tanager by PROEVAL RAXMU Bird Monitoring Program: http://www.biomonitoreo.org/Azure-rumped-Tanager.htm
BirdLife Species Factsheet: http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=9384&m=0
