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The azure-shouldered tanager is a large, thick-billed tanager with an average length of 18 cm (7.1 in) and a mass of 41–46 g (1.4–1.6 oz). Both sexes look alike and have similar dimensions. Adults are overall bluish in color, with gray-blue upperparts and heads, darker lores, and more bluish crowns. The throat and underparts are paler than the upper body, while the rump, uppertail coverts, and tail are bright blue. The flanks have a greenish wash. The upperwing-coverts are a rich, glossy violet-blue and the greater coverts are dark with wide turquoise-blue edges. Voice: The azure-shouldered tanager's song is very different from that of other Thraupis tanagers; it has an initial assortment of soft notes, followed by clear, musical jittle-jittle-jittle, jeeeyr-jurr notes. These notes are usually repeated twice or thrice and can also be transcribed as look heeere, right heeere, drink-drink-jrrr.
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When to see the Azure-shouldered Tanager
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Where to see the Azure-shouldered Tanager
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About the Azure-shouldered Tanager
The azure-shouldered tanager 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).
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Easily confused with
Glaucous TanagerThraupis glaucocolpaThe glaucous tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Golden-chevroned TanagerThraupis ornataThe golden-chevroned tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Yellow-winged TanagerThraupis abbasThe yellow-winged tanager is a neotropical member of the tanager family.
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