Azure-shouldered tanager
The azure-shouldered tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera), locally called sanhaçu, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.
| Azure-shouldered tanager | |
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| Sanhaçu in Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Thraupis |
| Species: | T. cyanoptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Thraupis cyanoptera (Vieillot, 1817) | |
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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Thraupis cyanoptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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