
Blue-necked Tanager
Stilpnia cyanicollis (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
12 cmLength17 gWeight
Most records: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Where and when it's recorded
Blue-necked Tanager has been recorded at 222 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 6 countries and regions.
Records by month Northern Hemisphere
Where it's recorded most
- WildSumaco LodgeEcuador3,501 records
- Hotel Tinamú Birding Nature ReserveColombia2,017 records
- Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise LodgePeru1,609 records
More places
- Rio Silanche Bird SanctuaryEcuador1,591 records
- Mindo – Vía a las cascadasEcuador1,505 records
- Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo HotelPeru1,261 records
- Laguna El TabacalColombia1,240 records
- Milpe Bird SanctuaryEcuador1,072 records
- Alambi ReserveEcuador1,050 records
- Wayra ReserveEcuador983 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-necked Tanager?
The Blue-necked Tanager is about 12 cm long and weighs around 17 g.
Where does the Blue-necked Tanager live?
Its breeding range: South America: Amazonia. It is most often recorded in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
What does the Blue-necked Tanager eat?
Main food: Fruit.
What family is the Blue-necked Tanager in?
It belongs to the family Tanagers & Allies (Thraupidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).
At a glance
- Length
- 12 cm
- Weight
- 17 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Fruit
- Lifestyle
- Perches in trees
- Migration
- Resident (barely migrates)
More measurements
- Wing
- 66 mm
- Tail
- 46 mm
- Bill
- 12 mm
- Tarsus
- 17 mm
Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.
Range
South America: Amazonia
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Classification
- Order
- Passerines Passeriformes
- Family
- Tanagers & Allies Thraupidae
- Genus
- Stilpnia
Other birds in the genus Stilpnia
Black-headed TanagerStilpnia cyanoptera
Black-hooded TanagerStilpnia whitelyi
Silver-backed TanagerStilpnia viridicollis
Sira TanagerStilpnia phillipsi
Straw-backed TanagerStilpnia argyrofenges
Black-capped TanagerStilpnia heinei
Golden-hooded TanagerStilpnia larvata
Masked TanagerStilpnia nigrocincta
Black-backed TanagerStilpnia peruviana
Chestnut-backed TanagerStilpnia preciosa
Green-capped TanagerStilpnia meyerdeschauenseei
Scrub TanagerStilpnia vitriolina
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In other languages
- EnglishBlue-necked Tanager
- 简体中文蓝颈靓唐纳雀
- 繁體中文藍頸唐加拉雀
- 日本語アオクビフウキンチョウ
- DeutschAzurkopftangare
- FrançaisCalliste à cou bleu
- EspañolTangara cabeciazul
- Portuguêssaíra-de-cabeça-azul
- ItalianoTanagra colloazzurro
- NederlandsAzuurkoptangare
- РусскийЛазурноголовая танагра
- Svenskablåhuvad tangara
- DanskBlåhovedet Tangar
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