The turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is a resident bird from Trinidad, much of Brazil (despite its scientific name, it is not found in Mexico), Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia. It is restricted to areas with humid forest, with its primary distribution being the Amazon. It was formerly treated as being conspecific with the white-bellied tanager which is found in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.
It occurs in forest, woodland and cultivation. The bulky cup nest is built in a tree or shrub, and the female incubates three brown-blotched grey-green eggs.
These are social birds usually found in groups. They eat a wide variety of fruit and also take insects and other arthropods,[2] often gleaned from twigs.
^BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Tangara mexicana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103849376A119556880. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103849376A119556880.en. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
^"Tangara mexicana (Turquoise Tanager)" (PDF). The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
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