Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana) - HBW 16, p. 213
French: Calliste diable-enrhumé
German: Türkistangare
Spanish: Tangara Turquesa
Other common names: White-bellied Tanager (brasiliensis)
Taxonomy: Tanagra mexicana Linnaeus, 1766, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Based on genetic data this species is sister to T. inornata. Race brasiliensis, long regarded as a separate species because of its larger size, paler plumage and geographical isolation, has more recently been treated as a race of present species, but status merits further consideration. Proposed race lateralis (described from Apacy, on R Tapajós) is now generally considered an intergrade between nominate and boliviana; further study required. Five subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- vieilloti (P. L. Sclater, 1857) - Trinidad.
- media (Berlepsch & E. J. O. Hartert, 1902) - E Colombia (Vichada) and NE & S Venezuela (Monagas, Sucre Delta Amacuro and, S of R Orinoco, Amazonas and Bolívar).
- mexicana (Linnaeus, 1766) - the Guianas and Brazil (E to E Pará and S to C Mato Grosso).
- vieilloti (P. L. Sclater, 1857) - Trinidad.
- media (Berlepsch & E. J. O. Hartert, 1902) - E Colombia (Vichada) and NE & S Venezuela (Monagas, Sucre Delta Amacuro and, S of R Orinoco, Amazonas and Bolívar).
- mexicana (Linnaeus, 1766) - the Guianas and Brazil (E to E Pará and S to C Mato Grosso).
- boliviana (Bonaparte, 1851) - E Colombia (from W Meta and R Guaviare) E through Amazonian Brazil to Pará, W Goiás and C Mato Grosso, S through E Ecuador and E Peru to N & NE Bolivia (Santa Cruz).
- brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - coastal SE Brazil (S Bahia S to Rio de Janeiro).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird calling three times Locality National Aviary, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2001 5 years ago 20 sec 4 -
A bird on a branch, turning around Locality Nariva, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp vieilloti )
DAVID ASCANIO 28 February 2007 4 years ago 5 sec 3.8 -
A bird perched in a bare tree. Locality Babunhol, Brokopondo District, Suriname (ssp mexicana)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 20 March 2011 24 weeks ago 35 sec 3.7 -
A bird foraging on a dead branch, then flying away (which is repeated in slow motion). Locality Pepperpot, Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname (ssp mexicana)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 10 April 2011 23 weeks ago 8 sec 3.5 -
A bird, then two, foraging in a tree Locality Sani Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (ssp boliviana)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2007 3 years ago 27 sec 3.3 -
A bird feeding Locality Amazonia Lodge, Kosñipata Valley, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (ssp boliviana)
Virgilio Yábar Calderón 4 September 2004 6 years ago 8 sec 3.1
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Perched
Locality Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil (ssp boliviana)
Ingrid Macedo 11 July 2009 39 weeks ago 4.5 -
on a tree
Locality Manu National Park, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 31 December 2009 12 weeks ago 4.2 -
The east Brazilian subspecies T. m. brasiliensis
Locality Guapi Açu Ecological Reserve (REGUA), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (ssp brasiliensis)
Lee Dingain 7 June 2006 2 years ago 3.7 -
Lateral view of bird feeding in foliage
Locality Guyana (ssp mexicana)
Mikko Pyhälä 30 May 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
Adult bird.
Locality Tierpark Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 3 October 2009 5 weeks ago 3.2 -
A bird behind a branch.
Locality Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp mexicana)
Carmelo López 21 November 2011 21 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 2.2
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