Azure-shouldered Tanager | |
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In Reserva Guainumbi, Sao Luis do Paraitinga, Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Thraupis |
Species: | T. cyanoptera |
Binomial name | |
Thraupis cyanoptera (Vieillot, 1817) |
The Azure-shouldered Tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Brazil and Paraguay.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.