| Azure-shouldered tanager | |
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| Sanhaçu in Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Thraupis |
| Species: | T. cyanoptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Thraupis cyanoptera (Vieillot, 1817) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Tangara cyanoptera | |
The azure-shouldered tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera), locally called sanhaçu, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
References
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- ↑ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Tangara cyanoptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22722537A119488957. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22722537A119488957.en. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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