Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)

Order: Passeriformes  | Family: Thraupidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

palm_tanager
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Brazil

palm_tanager
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Aguas Calientes, Cuzco

palm_tanager
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Brazil

palm_tanager
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonas, Brazil

Identification & Behavior: ~18 cm (7 in). The Palm Tanager is mostly olive-gray with the trailing half of the back and tail black. It has a variable amount of yellowish on head and wings. It foragaes in forest edges and second growth in pairs or family groups. It does not join mixed species flocks. The Palm Tanager is similar in behavior to the Blue-gray Tanager but their coloration are different.

Status: The Palm Tanager is common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1600 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Tangara de Palmeras.

Sub-species: Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum melanoptera), (P. L. Sclater), 1857.

Meaning of Name: Thraupis: Gr. Thraupis= unknown small bird, perhaps some sort of finch. palmarum: L. palma= palm tree, palmarum= of the palm trees.

See more of the Family Thraupidae   peru aves

Distribution Map
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References:

    • 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.