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The spotted tanager has green upperparts, white underparts and face with a bluish-gray wash, black lores, and greenish-yellow flanks. Its most conspicuous feature is the dense, black, scale-like speckling all over its body.
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When to see the Spotted Tanager
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Spotted Tanager
The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Spotted Tanager
The spotted tanager is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
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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).
Rufous-throated TanagerIxothraupis rufigulaThe rufous-throated tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Dotted TanagerIxothraupis variaThe dotted tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Side by side: Spotted Tanager vs Yellow-bellied Tanager
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