Glaucous Tanager
Thraupis glaucocolpa
Medium-sized tanager with gray head and back, blue-gray chest, white belly, and aquamarine wings. Often seen singly or in pairs; usually less abundant than similar Blue-gray Tanager. Found mainly in dry areas with scrub or forest. Voice a soft and increasing “zee-ee-ee-EE-EET!” Distinguished from Blue-gray Tanager by grayer head and more contrasting bluish-green wings, as well as white belly and small black patch at base of flight feathers.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Thraupis glaucocolpa
- Authority
- Cabanis, 1851
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Thraupis
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
Bird Calls
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