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Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Tangara

Turquoise Tanager

Tangara mexicana

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (turtan1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Tangara

Subspecies (4)

Tangara mexicana boliviana

eastern Colombia to northern Bolivia and western Amazonian Brazil (eastward to Pará, western Tocantins, and central Mato Grosso)
Tangara mexicana media

far eastern Colombia to eastern Venezuela and northwestern Brazil
Tangara mexicana mexicana

tropical zone of the Guianas and Brazil (east to eastern Pará and southward to central Mato Grosso)
Tangara mexicana vieilloti

Trinidad

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (turtan1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.