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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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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Where the Spotted Tanager lives
When to see the Spotted Tanager
Peak activity in August · a resident 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).
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.
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