Azure-shouldered Tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Habitat
Canopy and borders of montane and lowland evergreen forest and second growth. From 200 - 1,200 m, occasionally up to 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil (B).

Coastal south-eastern Brazil from south-eastern Bahia, Esp��rito Santo and eastern Minas Gerais south, mostly on coastal slopes of Serra do Mar, to northern Rio Grande do Sul.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NR
Habitat destruction and degradation through urbanisation, industrialisation, agricultural expansion, colonisation and associated road-building, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (32)...)

Azure-shouldered Tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera) [XC4258]
by Evair Legal from Parque do Zizo, Sao Paulo State, Brazil (dawn song)

Azure-shouldered Tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera) [XC84781]
by Jeremy Minns from Serra do Mar State Park. Santa Virg\u00ednia, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Recent molecular-genetic data do not support monophyly of genus as currently constituted: six (including present species) of eight species sampled embedded with Tangara, a finding that makes genus Tangara paraphyletic.

References
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