Tanagers & Allies

Blue-necked Tanager

Tangara cyanicollis

The Blue-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanicollis) is a 17 g forest bird that eats mostly fruit. It stays put all year.

Family

Tanagers & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

17 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia.

Where to see it: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru); Via Escuque-La Palma—Sector Campo Alegre y Areas Circunvecinas (Venezuela); WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador); Hotel Tinamú Birding Nature Reserve (Colombia); Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary (Ecuador).

Photo: (c) Luis G. Restrepo, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist