
Blue-and-yellow Tanager
Rauenia bonariensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
36 gWeight
Busiest months: October · Most records: Argentina, Peru, Uruguay
Where and when it's recorded
Blue-and-yellow Tanager has been recorded at 232 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 8 countries and regions.
Records by month Southern Hemisphere
Where it's recorded most
- Reserva Ecológica Costanera SurArgentina3,597 records
- Humedal Lucre-HuacarpayPeru1,726 records
- Puembo Birding GardenEcuador961 records
More places
- Casa ApachetaArgentina832 records
- Hostería San José de PuemboEcuador764 records
- Reserva Natural Estricta Quebrada de Las Higueritas RNQHArgentina623 records
- PutreChile542 records
- Santuario de Colibríes – Ensifera CampPeru534 records
- SocoromaChile449 records
- Punta IndioArgentina417 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 Blue-and-yellow Tanager?
The Blue-and-yellow Tanager weighs around 36 g.
Where does the Blue-and-yellow Tanager live?
Its breeding range: South America: western, southeastern. It is most often recorded in Argentina, Peru and Uruguay.
When is the best time to see the Blue-and-yellow Tanager?
At the hotspots we track, it is recorded most in October (Southern Hemisphere).
What does the Blue-and-yellow Tanager eat?
Main food: Fruit.
What family is the Blue-and-yellow Tanager in?
It belongs to the family Tanagers & Allies (Thraupidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).
At a glance
- Weight
- 36 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Fruit
- Lifestyle
- Perches in trees
- Migration
- Partial migrant
More measurements
- Wing
- 89 mm
- Tail
- 75 mm
- Bill
- 16 mm
- Tarsus
- 23 mm
Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.
Range
South America: western, southeastern
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Classification
- Order
- Passerines Passeriformes
- Family
- Tanagers & Allies Thraupidae
- Genus
- Rauenia
More from the family Tanagers & Allies
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Hooded TanagerNemosia pileata
Cherry-throated TanagerNemosia rourei
Blue-backed TanagerCyanicterus cyanicterus
White-capped TanagerSericossypha albocristata
Scarlet-throated TanagerCompsothraupis loricata
Black-masked FinchCoryphaspiza melanotis
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In other languages
- EnglishBlue-and-yellow Tanager
- 简体中文橙腹裸鼻雀
- 繁體中文橙黃腹裸鼻雀
- 日本語ミナミズアオフウキンチョウ
- DeutschSchwarzstirntangare
- FrançaisTangara fourchu
- EspañolTangara naranjera
- Portuguêssanhaço-papa-laranja
- ItalianoTanagra gialloblu
- NederlandsBlauw-gele Tangare
- РусскийСине-жёлтая танагра
- Svenskablågul tangara
- DanskOrangetangar
- Polskimodrotanagra żółtobrzucha