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Blue-capped Tanager
Sporathraupis cyanocephala (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
Blue-capped Tanager, Sporathraupis cyanocephala, is a tanager of western and northern South America, recorded from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. It lives in subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and in heavily altered former woodland. The species was first described in 1837 by d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye. It is the only member of the genus Sporathraupis, having previously been placed in Thraupis. Its breeding range is in western and northern South America.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- South America: w, n
