Turquoise Tanager (Tangara mexicana)
About the Turquoise Tanager
The turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is a resident bird from Trinidad, much of Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela, and south to Bolivia. Despite its scientific name, it is not found in Mexico. It is restricted to areas with humid forest, with its primary distribution being the Amazon. It was formerly treated as being conspecific with the white-bellied tanager which is found in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. It occurs in forest, woodland, and cultivation. The bulky cup nest is built in a tree or shrub, and the female incubates three brown-blotched grey-green eggs. These are social birds usually found in groups. They eat a wide variety of fruit and also take insects and other arthropods, often gleaned from twigs.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 49 recordings for this species: 29 CC BY-NC-SA · 7 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Bay-headed TanagerTangara gyrolarecording
- Beryl-spangled TanagerTangara nigroviridisrecording
- Blue-and-black TanagerTangara vassoriirecording
- Emerald TanagerTangara floridarecording
- Golden TanagerTangara arthusrecording
- Metallic-green TanagerTangara labradoridesrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.