Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Blue-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanicollis) - HBW 16, p. 234
French: Calliste à cou bleu
German: Azurkopftangare
Spanish: Tangara Cabeciazul
Taxonomy: A.[glaia] cyanicollis d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837, Yuracares, Bolivia.
Molecular-genetic data indicate that this species is most closely related to T. larvata, which is sister-species to both present species and T. nigrocincta. Taxonomic status of isolated lowland races melanogaster and albotibialis may be worthy of investigation. Seven subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hannahiae (Cassin, 1864) - N Colombia (Sierra de Perijá and N end of E Andes in Norte de Santander) and mountains of Venezuela (Andes from S Lara S to Táchira, Sierra de Aroa, in Yaracuy, coastal cordillera in Carabobo and Aragua, and interior cordillera in N Guárico).
- granadensis (Berlepsch, 1884) - Andes of Colombia (W range S to Munchique area of Cauca, C range and W slope of E range from Santander S to NW Cundinamarca).
- caeruleocephala (Swainson, 1838) - Colombia (head of Magdalena Valley in Huila, and E Andes in Boyacá and Cundinamarca and, on E slope, S to Nariño) S on E slope to N Peru (S to La Libertad and, Huallaga Valley, in N San Martín).
- hannahiae (Cassin, 1864) - N Colombia (Sierra de Perijá and N end of E Andes in Norte de Santander) and mountains of Venezuela (Andes from S Lara S to Táchira, Sierra de Aroa, in Yaracuy, coastal cordillera in Carabobo and Aragua, and interior cordillera in N Guárico).
- granadensis (Berlepsch, 1884) - Andes of Colombia (W range S to Munchique area of Cauca, C range and W slope of E range from Santander S to NW Cundinamarca).
- caeruleocephala (Swainson, 1838) - Colombia (head of Magdalena Valley in Huila, and E Andes in Boyacá and Cundinamarca and, on E slope, S to Nariño) S on E slope to N Peru (S to La Libertad and, Huallaga Valley, in N San Martín).
- cyanopygia (Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884) - entire W slope of Andes in Ecuador.
- cyanicollis (d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - E slope of Andes in Peru (from Huánuco) S to Bolivia (to Cochabamba).
- melanogaster Cherrie & Reichenberger, 1923 - isolated population in lowlands of Amazon drainage in C Brazil (N Mato Grosso and S Pará); recorded also in C Bolivia (Santa Cruz).
- albotibialis Traylor, 1950 - Veadeiros (Goiás), in EC Brazil.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult sharing a banana with two Silver-beaked Tanagers Locality Hotel Pueblo, Aguas Calientes, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp cyanicollis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 July 2005 7 years ago 35 sec 4.4 -
At banana feeder Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Pascal Vagner 21 May 2012 31 weeks ago 30 sec 4.4 -
two perched views, calls Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp cyanicollis)
Martin Kennewell 3 September 2006 1 year ago 13 sec 4.3 -
A bird eating banana at a feeder Locality Mirador Rio Blanco, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp cyanopygia)
Josep del Hoyo 6 September 2007 5 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
Adult and young birds sharing a banana with other tanagers Locality Hotel Pueblo, Aguas Calientes, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp cyanicollis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 July 2005 7 years ago 26 sec 4.2 -
An adult feeding on a banana Locality Hotel Pueblo, Aguas Calientes, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp cyanicollis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 July 2005 7 years ago 18 sec 4.1
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Bird perched in a tree
Locality Río Bombuscaro Reserve, Podocarpus National Park, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp caeruleocephala)
hawk 20 September 2009 10 weeks ago 4 -
Feeding on berries
Locality Mindo, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp cyanopygia)
Dubi Shapiro 6 February 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Male - perched on a tree branch.
Locality Ibagué, Tolima Department, Colombia
Blair Wainman 25 January 2011 2 years ago 3.8 -
nesting, ringed bird, banded, garden, lodge
Locality Cock of the Rock Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp cyanicollis)
Niels Poul Dreyer 20 October 2010 3 years ago 3.8 -
A male solitary on a branch
Locality Ibagué, Tolima Department, Colombia
Manakin Nature Tours 15 January 2010 46 weeks ago 3.7 -
Adult male on a branch.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 3 July 2010 1 year ago 3.6
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calls from a perched bird Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp cyanopygia)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 20 December 2009 3 years ago 3
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