Glaucous tanager
Thraupis glaucocolpa Cabanis, 1851
Status not recordedsongbirds
The glaucous tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 31.6 g to 32.3 g.
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Quick facts about the glaucous tanager
- Weight
- 31.6 g – 32.3 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the glaucous tanager live?
Not recorded
What is the glaucous tanager?
The glaucous tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. The term glaucous describes its colouration. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
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Is the glaucous 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 glaucous tanager classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyThraupidae
- genusThraupis
- SpeciesThraupis glaucocolpa Cabanis, 1851
Synonyms Tangara glaucocolpa, Thaupis glaucocolpa, Thraupis glaucolopha, Thraupis sayaca glaucocolpa
Other names and names in other languages (29)
- tàngara glaucaCatalan
- tangara karibskáCzech
- Havblå TangarDanish
- BlauflecktangareGerman
- WeißbauchtangareGerman
- glaŭka tangaroEsperanto
- Azulejo glaucoSpanish
- Tangara glaucaSpanish
- karibiantangaraFinnish
- Tangara glauqueFrench
- Calliste glauqueFrench
- tirkiznokrila tangaraCroatian
- Tanagra glaucaItalian
- アオハラソライロフウキンチョウJapanese
- melsvasis traupisLithuanian
- Blauwgroene TangareDutch
- turkisbrysttanagarNorwegian
- tangarka sinaPolish
- sanhaço-glaucoPortuguese
- sanhaço-glaucousPortuguese
- tangará-glaucoPortuguese
- Серо-голубая танаграRussian
- Серо-голубый трауписRussian
- tangara sináSlovak
- blågrön tangaraSwedish
- Buz Rengi TangaraTurkish
- саяка венесуельськаUkrainian
- 绿灰裸鼻雀Chinese
- 藍綠裸鼻雀Chinese
Relatives of the glaucous tanager
Other species in the same genus Thraupis.
Blue-gray tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Azure-shouldered tanager
Thraupis cyanoptera
Golden-chevroned tanager
Thraupis ornata
Sayaca tanager
Thraupis sayaca
Yellow-winged tanager
Thraupis abbas
Palm tanager
Thraupis palmarum
CompareGlaucous tanager vs Blue-gray tanagerGlaucous tanager vs Azure-shouldered tanagerGlaucous tanager vs Golden-chevroned tanagerGlaucous tanager vs Sayaca tanager
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the glaucous tanager?
An adult glaucous tanager weighs 31.6 g – 32.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the glaucous tanager?
The glaucous tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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