Azure-shouldered Tanager
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Tanagers and Allies

Azure-shouldered Tanager

Thraupis cyanoptera

LCLeast Concern Endemic to Brazil
Family
Tanagers and Allies (Thraupidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

The azure-shouldered tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera) is a species of bird in the tanager family, Thraupidae. Described by the French zoologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817, it is only found in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, from southeastern Bahia, eastern Minas Gerais, and Espírito Santo south to northern Rio Grande do Sul. It inhabits humid montane forests, open woodlands, secondary growth, and forest edges and can be found at elevations of up to 1,600 m (5,200 ft), but usually stays below 1,200 m (3,900 ft).
The species feeds on fruit, flowers, and leaves.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Coastal southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul).

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.