Blue-and-black tanager

The blue-and-black tanager (Tangara vassorii) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Blue-and-black tanager
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Tangara
Species:
T. vassorii
Binomial name
Tangara vassorii
(Boissonneau, 1840)

It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Tangara vassorii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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