Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)

Other Names (World)
Blue-capped Tanager, Aragua Tanager (olivicyanea), Blue-bellied Tanager (olivicyanea)

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
16 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,500 - 3,000 m, occasionally down to 500 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis) [XC523345]
by Jacob Wijpkema from Montezuma Peak Road, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, W Andes - Tatama National Park, Colombia (song)

Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala) [XC236209]
by Niels Krabbe from Magdalena: San Lorenzo ridge, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia (call, song)

Subspecies
Recent molecular-genetic data do not support monophyly of genus as currently constituted: six of eight species sampled embedded with Tangara, a finding that makes genus Tangara paraphyletic. Present species appears to be most closely related to Anisognathus, not Tangara. This species exhibits considerable geographical variation, especially in north of range. Subspecies olivicyanea has in the past been regarded as a separate species, but intergrades with others.

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

margaritae (Chapman, 1912) - Santa Marta Mts, in northern Colombia.
auricrissa (Sclater, PL, 1856) - Andes of western Venezuela (Trujillo south to T�chira) and adjacent Colombia (Norte de Santander south to Cundinamarca), also Perij� Mts on Colombia-Venezuela border.
hypophaea (Todd, 1917) - Andes of north-western Venezuela (in Lara).
olivicyanea (Lafresnaye, 1843) - Coastal cordillera of northern Venezuela (Aragua east to Miranda).
subcinerea (Sclater, PL, 1861) - Sucre (except Paria Peninsula) and northern Monagas, in north-eastern Venezuela.
buesingi (Hellmayr & Seilern, 1913) - Extreme north-eastern Venezuela (Paria Peninsula); northern Trinidad.
annectens Zimmer, JT, 1944 - Central and western Andes of Colombia.
cyanocephala (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - Andes of Ecuador (both slopes) south through Peru (mainly eastern slope) to northern Bolivia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala) - 10 files

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