Dotted Tanager (Ixothraupis varia) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Dotted Tanager (Ixothraupis varia), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Dotted Tanager (Ixothraupis varia), photo 2 — Photo: (c) agujaceratops, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Dotted Tanager (Ixothraupis varia), photo 3 — Photo: (c) David F. Belmonte, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Dotted Tanager (Ixothraupis varia), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Monics Paredes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Dotted Tanager

The dotted tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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Where it lives

Regular range

Brazil Peru Guyana French Guiana Venezuela

When to see it

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Peak activity in July · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Yellow-bellied TanagerIxothraupis xanthogastraThe yellow-bellied tanager is, on average, it is 11–12.2 cm (4.3–4.8 in) long and weighs 14.1–17.9 g (0.5–0.6 oz).

Spotted TanagerIxothraupis punctataThe spotted tanager has green upperparts, white underparts and face with a bluish-gray wash, black lores, and greenish-yellow flanks.

Rufous-throated TanagerIxothraupis rufigulaThe rufous-throated tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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