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Isla Margarita, off north coast of Venezuela, May 2008
Thraupis glaucocolpa

Identification

16 cm

  • Green-tinged smokey-grey upperparts

Distribution

Northern South America: found in arid north-eastern Colombia and northern Venezuela; Isla Margarita

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Scrub land.

Behaviour

Diet

They mainly eat fruit and insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)

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