Blue tangerine

Blue tangerine
Blue Tangare ( Thraupis episcopus )
Systematics
Order : Passerines (Passeriformes) Subordination : Songbirds (passeri) Family : Tangaren (Thraupidae) Subfamily : Thraupinae Genre : Schillertangaren ( Tangara ) Type : Blue tangerine
Scientific name
Tangara episcopus
( Linnaeus , 1766)

The blue-gray tanager ( Tangara episcopus , Syn. : Thraupis episcopus ), also Bischofstangare or Blue Gray Tanager called, is a bird art the genus Schillertangaren ( Tangara ) from the family of the Tanager (Thraupidae). Their natural range extends from Mexico to Peru and northwestern Brazil . The species is also found on Tobago and Trinidad .

description

The body plumage of the blue tangerine is slate gray. The upper wing covers are colored bluish green to turquoise blue. Females are colored similarly to males, but their plumage is more greenish in tone. The song of the blue tangerine is a squeaky twittering sound.

The birds are free breeders . The female lays two to three eggs. The incubation period is 13 to 14 days.

Web links

Commons : Blue Tangare ( Tangara episcopus )  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Videos, photos and sound recordings for Thraupis episcopus in the Internet Bird Collection
• Tangara episcopus in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed on December 18 of 2008.