Blue-gray tanager / Blautangare (Thraupis episcopus)
Wikipedia eBird Xeno-CantoBlue gray tanager. 2020-02-18 09.21.16 Panama
Classification: Genus Tangara; Subfamily Thraupinae; Family Tanagers (Thraupidae)
We saw this on the grounds of Gamboa Rainforest Resort.
General: The blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus) is a medium-sized South American songbird of the tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. It has been introduced to Lima (Peru). On Trinidad and Tobago, this bird is called blue jean. [more]
First documented observation : 2018-02-27 in Costa Rica.
Media
Arenal feeder blue gray tanagers. 2018-02-27 13.46.18 Costa Rica |
Arenal blue gray tanager. 2018-02-27 13.05.16 Costa Rica |
Additional Images
Blue gray tanager in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 09.08.22 Costa Rica |
Blue gray tanager in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 09.08.20 Costa Rica |
Blue gray tanager in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 09.08.18 Costa Rica |
La tarde blue gray tanager flying off. 2018-03-11 10.45.50 Costa Rica |
La tarde blue gray tanager. 2018-03-11 10.45.48 Costa Rica |