Glaucous Tanager
Thraupis glaucocolpaCabanis, JL, 1851
English (US) Glaucous Tanager
The Glaucous Tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: arid northeastern Colombia and northern Venezuela including Isla MargaritaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Thraupis glaucocolpa
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Glaucous Tanager
- Described by
- Cabanis, JL, 1851
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Th[raupis] Glaucocolpa
- Described by
- Cabanis, JL, 1851
- Type locality
- Caracas [, Venezuela].
- Original description
- Museum Heineanum. Verzeichniss der orithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine 1 p.28
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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