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Blue-gray tanager

Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Status not recordedsongbirds

The blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 35 g to 35.5 g and live up to 9.5 years.

Blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
Photo: Charlie Jackson · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the blue-gray tanager

Weight
35.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
9.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
13.3 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue-gray tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the blue-gray tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus) is a medium-sized South American songbird of the tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. It has been introduced to Lima (Peru) and Florida (United States). On Trinidad and Tobago, this bird is called blue jean.

From the Wikipedia article “Blue-gray tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue-gray_tanager&oldid=1357935291), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the blue-gray tanager sound like?

Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the blue-gray tanager endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blue-gray tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusThraupis
  7. SpeciesThraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Loxia virens, Tangara episcopus, Tangara virens, Thaupis episcopus, Thraupis virens

Other names and names in other languages (47)
  • Blue sakiEnglish
  • Blue tanagerEnglish
  • Blue-grey tanagerEnglish
  • Blue-grey tanagerEnglish
  • Blue-grey tanagerEnglish
  • White-edged tanagerEnglish
  • tàngara blavosaCatalan
  • tangara modráCzech
  • tanagr cefnlas y GorllewinWelsh
  • Blågrå TangarDanish
  • BischofstangareGerman
  • blugriza tangaroEsperanto
  • AzulejoSpanish
  • Azulejo comúnSpanish
  • Azulejo de JardínSpanish
  • Tángara azuladaSpanish
  • Tangara azulejaSpanish
  • Tangara azulgrísSpanish
  • Tángara azulgrisSpanish
  • ViuditaSpanish
  • piispatangaraFinnish
  • Tangara évêqueFrench
  • Calliste évêqueFrench
  • plavetna tangaraCroatian
  • Tanagra grigiazzurraItalian
  • Tangara grigio-azzurraItalian
  • ソライロフウキンチョウJapanese
  • mėlynasis traupisLithuanian
  • BisschopstangareDutch
  • bispetanagarNorwegian
  • tanagra niebieskaPolish
  • tangarka niebieskaPolish
  • Sanhaço-azulPortuguese
  • sanhaço-da-amazóniaPortuguese
  • sanhaço-da-amazôniaPortuguese
  • Sanhaço-de-encontro-brancoPortuguese
  • tangará-azulejoPortuguese
  • Синий трауписRussian
  • Голубая танаграRussian
  • Серо-голубая танаграRussian
  • Сине-серая танаграRussian
  • Svetloplava tangaraSerbian
  • blågrå tangaraSwedish
  • Gökçe TangaraTurkish
  • саяка блакитнаUkrainian
  • 灰蓝裸鼻雀Chinese
  • 灰藍裸鼻雀Chinese

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Relatives of the blue-gray tanager

Other species in the same genus Thraupis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the blue-gray tanager?

An adult blue-gray tanager weighs 35.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the blue-gray tanager live?

The blue-gray tanager has a recorded lifespan of 9.5 years.

What kind of animal is the blue-gray tanager?

The blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-gray-tanager

MLA

“Blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-gray-tanager.

BibTeX
@misc{blue_gray_tanager_2026,
  title = {Blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-gray-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}