Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Putumayo, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Putumayo, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Eastern Andes, Ecuador
Status: The Blue-Browed Tanager is uncommon to rare in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 900-1950 m double check altitude. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Tangara de Ceja Azul.
Sub-species: Blue-browed Tanager (Tangara cyanotis lutleyi), Hellmayr, 1917. S Colombia (head of Magdalena Valley in Huila, and E slope of Andes from W Putumayo) S through Ecuador and Peru (to Cuzco).
(Tangara cyanotis cyanotis), P. L. Sclater, 1858. Bolivia (E slope of Andes in La Paz and Cochabamba).
Meaning of Name: Tangara: Tupí name, Tangara= dancer, one who turns and skips, originally used for the manakins, but subsequently (Marcgrave 1648) transferred to other bright finch-like birds.
cyanotis: Gr. Kuanos= dark-blue and otis, otos= eared, ear.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.