Blue-grey Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thraupidae
Genus
Thraupis
eBird Code
bugtan

Vocalizations

Antonio W. Salas · CC_BY_4_0
Henrry · CC_BY_4_0
GERMAN LEONEL SARMIENTO CRUZ · CC_BY_4_0
Tomaz Nascimento de Melo · CC0_1_0
David Umanzor · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (14)

  • Thraupis episcopus berlepschi

    Tobago

  • Thraupis episcopus caerulea

    southeastern Ecuador and northern Peru (south to Huánuco)

  • Thraupis episcopus caesitia

    Caribbean coast of western Panama (Escudo de Veraguas)

  • Thraupis episcopus cana

    southeastern Mexico (San Luis Potosí) to northern Venezuela; Pearl Islands

  • Thraupis episcopus coelestis

    southeastern Colombia southward to western Brazil and central Peru

  • Thraupis episcopus cumatilis

    Coiba Island (off Pacific coast of Panama)

  • Thraupis episcopus ehrenreichi

    Rio Purús (northwestern Brazil)

  • Thraupis episcopus episcopus

    the Guianas and northern Brazil east of Rio Jamundá to northwest Maranhão, and southward to southeast Pará and northern Mato Grosso

  • Thraupis episcopus leucoptera

    east slope of eastern Andes of central Colombia

  • Thraupis episcopus major

    central Peru (Chanchamayo Valley of Ica)

  • Thraupis episcopus mediana

    southeastern Colombia to far northern Bolivia and northern Brazil (eastward to Rio Jamundá, and south of the Amazon River between Rio Madeira and Rio Tapajós)

  • Thraupis episcopus nesophila

    far eastern Colombia to eastern Venezuela and Trinidad

  • Thraupis episcopus quaesita

    Pacific slope of southwestern Colombia, western Ecuador, and northwestern Peru

  • Thraupis episcopus urubambae

    southeastern Peru (Urubamba Valley and Amazonian drainage)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.