Blue-capped tanager

The blue-capped tanager (Thraupis cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Blue-capped tanager
In El Ávila National Park, Caracas, Venezuela

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Thraupis
Species:
T. cyanocephala
Binomial name
Thraupis cyanocephala

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Thraupis cyanocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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