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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | This tanager is 7 inches of mostly grayish blue, with brightest colors on rump and upperparts. Subspecies seems to vary in how much blue is found in the lighter parts. | + | This tanager is 7 inches of mostly grayish blue, with brightest colors on rump and upperparts. Subspecies seems to vary in how much blue is found in the lighter parts. In at least one subspecies, the shoulder area is white. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Eastern [[Mexico]] to | + | From Eastern [[Mexico]] to eastern [[Peru]] (and one little area in western Peru), northern [[Bolivia]], to Amazonian and northern [[Brazil]], and from there to [[Venezuela]], [[Trinidad]] and [[Tobago]], and the [[Guianas]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Thirteen different subspecies share the overall range of this species. Some are quite localized, like the bright ''berlepschi'' from Tobago. | Thirteen different subspecies share the overall range of this species. Some are quite localized, like the bright ''berlepschi'' from Tobago. | ||
| + | *''T.e. cana'' | ||
| + | *''T.e. caesita'' | ||
| + | *''T.e. cumatilis'' | ||
| + | *''T.e. nesophilus'' | ||
| + | *''T.e. leucoptera'' | ||
| + | *''T.e. quaesita'' | ||
| + | *''T.e. mediana'' | ||
| + | *''T.e. coelestis'' | ||
| + | *''T.e. berlepschi'' | ||
| + | *''T.e. episcopus'' | ||
| + | *''T.e. caerulea'' | ||
| + | *''T.e. major'' | ||
| + | *''T.e. urubambae'' | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Open forest gardens, parks, etc. | Open forest gardens, parks, etc. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
Generally seen in couples, eating fruits, bananas, guavas, papayas, etc. | Generally seen in couples, eating fruits, bananas, guavas, papayas, etc. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}# Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - the passerines. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8 | ||
| + | # Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7 | ||
| + | # Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Thraupis+episcopus}} | {{GSearch|Thraupis+episcopus}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Thraupis]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Thraupis]] | ||
Revision as of 17:51, 4 July 2010
- Thraupis episcopus
Alternative name: Blue-grey Tanager
Identification
This tanager is 7 inches of mostly grayish blue, with brightest colors on rump and upperparts. Subspecies seems to vary in how much blue is found in the lighter parts. In at least one subspecies, the shoulder area is white.
Distribution
From Eastern Mexico to eastern Peru (and one little area in western Peru), northern Bolivia, to Amazonian and northern Brazil, and from there to Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Guianas.
Taxonomy
Thirteen different subspecies share the overall range of this species. Some are quite localized, like the bright berlepschi from Tobago.
- T.e. cana
- T.e. caesita
- T.e. cumatilis
- T.e. nesophilus
- T.e. leucoptera
- T.e. quaesita
- T.e. mediana
- T.e. coelestis
- T.e. berlepschi
- T.e. episcopus
- T.e. caerulea
- T.e. major
- T.e. urubambae
Habitat
Open forest gardens, parks, etc.
Behaviour
Generally seen in couples, eating fruits, bananas, guavas, papayas, etc.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - the passerines. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, USA. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
- Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
