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Blue-gray Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Description:

15 cm ; 32 g. Very common, 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:

Open areas, rainforest

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2 Comments

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

The birds color is very pretty.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Very nice background.

Jonathan Sequeira
Spotted by
Jonathan Sequeira

Heredia, Costa Rica

Spotted on Feb 21, 2010
Submitted on May 13, 2011

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