Yellow-winged Tanager (Tangara abbas)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-winged Tanager, Abbot's Tanager

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
17.50 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Deppe, 1830)

Habitat
Humid forest and edges, partial clearings, wooded riversides, orchards. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

Eastern and south-eastern Mexico (from c. 15 km Nwest of G�mez Far��as, in southern Tamaulipas, and south-eastern San Luis Potos��, and from Oaxaca) southern on Caribbean slope to north-central Nicaragua and on Pacific slope to southern Honduras (possibly also north-western Nicaragua); a published sight record from northern Costa Rica.

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

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas) [XC747037]
by Manuel Grosselet from Colonia Lomas del Toncontin , Tegucigalpa, Francisco Moraz\u00e1n, Honduras (call, song)

Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas) [XC332599]
by from Quintana Roo, Coba Ruins, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Recent molecular-genetic data do not support the monophyly of genus as currently constituted, with six of eight species sampled embedded with Tangara, a finding that makes genus Tangara paraphyletic. Further research is required.

References
See References.

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