Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Blue-backed Tanager (Cyanicterus cyanicterus) - HBW 16, p. 196

French: Tangara cyanictère German: Ziertangare Spanish: Tangara Dorsiazul

Taxonomy: Pyranga cyanicterus Vieillot, 1819, probably Cayenne, French Guiana.
Monotypic.

Distribution: E Venezuela (R Yuruán; sight records also at San Isidro and foothills of Sierra de Lema) E across C Guyana and Suriname to French Guiana; also several tiny and presumably isolated populations in C Amazonian Brazil (one N of Manaus, the other S of R Amazon).