Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae (Tanagers & Allies)  
Genus: Thraupis (3 species, 7 worldwide)


Blue-grey Tanager
Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
Arenal, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Blue-grey Tanager
Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus mediana)
Copalinga, Zamora, Ecuador
  Amazonian white-winged race.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Usually common and widespread, even in cities. Male and female similar.

Palm Tanager
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum violilavata)
Medellin, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common and widespread. Often seen with Blue-grey Tanager, and sounds quite similar.

Sayaca Tanager
Sayaca Tanager (Thraupis sayaca sayaca) Male
Puerto Iguazu, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Sayaca Tanager
Sayaca Tanager (Thraupis sayaca) Female
Brazil  
   
Photograph by Wagner Machado Carlos Lemes     Copyright and usage info

Similar to the Blue-grey Tanager in the north part of the continent, but female is grey.


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