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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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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