White-bellied Tanager

Tangara brasiliensis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicOmnivoreForestCup nestSmall · 21 g

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Adult birds are 14 cm (5.5 in) long. They are long-tailed and with a dark stout pointed bill. The adult is mainly dark blue and black, with turquoise edging to the primaries. It differs from the turquoise tanager in that it is larger, has an overall more silvery blue plumage, blue edging to the primaries and a white belly. The song is a fast squeaky chatter tic-tic-tic-tic-tic.

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When to see the White-bellied Tanager

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-bellied Tanager

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the White-bellied Tanager

The white-bellied tanager is a medium-sized passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is a resident bird of the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. It is restricted to areas with humid forest. It was formerly considered as a subspecies of the turquoise tanager.

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