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

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

play
pause

Habitat

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

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