Blue-and-yellow tanager
The blue-and-yellow tanager (Thraupis bonariensis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers. It is found in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, extreme northern border Chile, and Andean Peru and Ecuador. Some southern region birds migrate northeastwards in the austral winter into eastern Bolivia and northeastern Argentina; also Paraguay where the birds are only migratory non-breeding residents.
| Blue-and-yellow tanager | |
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| Male of the black-backed nominate subspecies | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Thraupis |
| Species: | T. bonariensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Thraupis bonariensis (Gmelin, 1789) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pipraeidea bonariensis | |
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Thraupis bonariensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
External links
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Stamps (for Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) – with ~RangeMap
- Blue-and-yellow photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res--(Close-up)
- Photo-High Res; Article-(includes: other name: "Darwin's Tanager") – mangoverde
- Photo-High Res; Article incatrail-Peru – "Birds of Machu-Picchu"
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Males from the Andes, such as this individual from Ecuador, have a green back.
A male Pipraeidea bonariensis darwinii, characterized by green upper back
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