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Azure-rumped Tanager
Poecilostreptus cabanisi (Sclater, PL, 1868)
20 gWeight
Busiest months: February · Most records: Guatemala, Mexico
Where and when it's recorded
Azure-rumped Tanager has been recorded at 8 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 2 countries and regions.
Records by month Northern Hemisphere
Where it's recorded most
- Mirador Rey TepepulGuatemala659 records
- RNP Los Tarrales – La IslaGuatemala213 records
- RNP Los Tarrales – sector VesubioGuatemala192 records
More places
- RNP Los TarralesGuatemala125 records
- RNP Los Tarrales – sendero La RinconadaGuatemala12 records
- RNP Los Tarrales – La CasonaGuatemala10 records
- Reserva de la Biosfera El Triunfo – Campamento El TriunfoMexico10 records
- RNP Los Tarrales – sendero a la playa y lagunaGuatemala2 records
Countries and regions with the most records
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
Questions
How big is the Azure-rumped Tanager?
The Azure-rumped Tanager weighs around 20 g.
Where does the Azure-rumped Tanager live?
Its breeding range: Middle America: southern Mexico and Guatemala. It is most often recorded in Guatemala and Mexico.
When is the best time to see the Azure-rumped Tanager?
At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in February (Northern Hemisphere).
What does the Azure-rumped Tanager eat?
Main food: Fruit.
What family is the Azure-rumped Tanager in?
It belongs to the family Tanagers & Allies (Thraupidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).
At a glance
- Weight
- 20 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Fruit
- Lifestyle
- Perches in trees
- Migration
- Resident (barely migrates)
More measurements
- Wing
- 87 mm
- Tail
- 60 mm
- Bill
- 11 mm
- Tarsus
- 16 mm
Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.
Range
Middle America: southern Mexico and Guatemala
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Classification
- Order
- Passerines Passeriformes
- Family
- Tanagers & Allies Thraupidae
- Genus
- Poecilostreptus
Other birds in the genus Poecilostreptus
Grey-and-gold TanagerPoecilostreptus palmeri
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Coal-crested FinchCharitospiza eucosma
Brown TanagerOrchesticus abeillei
Yellow-shouldered GrosbeakParkerthraustes humeralis
Hooded TanagerNemosia pileata
Cherry-throated TanagerNemosia rourei
Blue-backed TanagerCyanicterus cyanicterus
White-capped TanagerSericossypha albocristata
Scarlet-throated TanagerCompsothraupis loricata
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