Just above Vesuvius in Los Tarrales Reserve, south of San Lucas Taliman, Guatemala, April 2010
Alternative name: Cabanis's Tanager
- Poecilostreptus cabanisi
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].
It has in the past been placed in genus Tangara.
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, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- 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. (2025) Azure-rumped Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/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
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