Blue-browed Tanager - BirdForum Opus

Tangara cyanotis

Identification

12 cm (4¾ in)

• Noticeable bluish eyebrow
• Blackish crown
• Broad whitish to greenish-blue supercilium

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• T. c. lutleyi:

• Andes of southern Colombia to eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru

• T. c. cyanotis:

• Yungas of north-western Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)

Habitat

Wet and humid montane forests and forest edges. Also older second growth.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of various fruits and arthropods.

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. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Blue-browed Tanager. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blue-browed_Tanager

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