Blue-capped Tanager

Sporathraupis cyanocephala - Tangara à tête bleue

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Thraupidés

  • Genus
    :

    Sporathraupis

  • Species
    :

    cyanocephala

Descriptor

d'Orbigny Lafresnaye, 1837

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 16 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 27 à 47 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Tangara à tête bleue
adult
Tangara à tête bleue
adult

Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.

Subspecific information 8 subspecies

  • Sporathraupis cyanocephala cyanocephala (Ecuador, Peru and n Bolivia)
  • Sporathraupis cyanocephala annectens (c and w Colombia)
  • Sporathraupis cyanocephala auricrissa (ne Colombia and nw Venezuela)
  • Sporathraupis cyanocephala margaritae (n Colombia)
  • Sporathraupis cyanocephala hypophaea (nw to nc Venezuela)
  • Sporathraupis cyanocephala olivicyanea (nc Venezuela)
  • Sporathraupis cyanocephala subcinerea (nc to ne Venezuela)
  • Sporathraupis cyanocephala buesingi (extreme ne Venezuela and Trinidad)

Foreign names

  • Tangara à tête bleue,
  • Tangara coroniazul,
  • saíra-andina-de-cabeça-azul,
  • Blaukopftangare,
  • Blauwkaptangare,
  • Tanagra capoblu,
  • blåhuvad bergtangara,
  • Blåhettetanagar,
  • tangara modrohlavá,
  • tangara modrokápá,
  • Blåhættet Tangar,
  • samettitangara,
  • tàngara de caputxa blava,
  • andagra modrogłowa,
  • Синешапочный траупис,
  • ズアオフウキンチョウ,
  • 蓝枕裸鼻雀,
  • 藍枕裸鼻雀,

Voice song and cries

Tangara à tête bleue
adult

Habitat

Tangara à tête bleue
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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