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Blue-gray Tanager

Tangara episcopus

Description:

The Blue-grey Tanager is 16–18 cm (6.3-7.1 in) long and weighs 30-40 grams (1.1-1.4 oz.) Adults have a light bluish head and underparts, with darker blue upperparts and a shoulder patch colored a different hue of blue. The bill is short and quite thick. Sexes are similar, but the immature is much duller in plumage.

Habitat:

Northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin

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Mary Ayumi
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Mary Ayumi

Ilha Comprida, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 11, 2013
Submitted on Jan 12, 2013

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