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Blue Necked Tanager

Blue Necked Tanager - Tangara cyanicollis
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Bird name: Blue Necked Tanager
Latin: Tangara cyanicollis
Other: Tangara capuchiazul (Es) • Saíra-de-cabeça-azul (Br)
Family: ThraupidaeTanagers
Range: Brazil, Ecuador, …
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Blue-necked Tanagers have bright blue heads, with black mask, dark bodies, and orange on shoulder. Underfeathers are actually blue and green but in normal lighting the body looks blackish.

Below, a Blue-necked Tanager in Ecuador, March.
Blue Necked Tanager - Tangara cyanicollis

Below, a Blue-necked Tanager, Brazil.
Blue Necked Tanager - Tangara cyanicollis


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