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Sayaca tanager

Thraupis sayaca (Linnaeus, 1766)

Status not recordedsongbirds

The sayaca tanager (Thraupis sayaca) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 31.9 g to 32.5 g.

Sayaca tanager (Thraupis sayaca)
Photo: Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the sayaca tanager

Weight
32 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 sayaca tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the sayaca tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The sayaca tanager (Thraupis sayaca) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers. It is a common resident in northeastern, central, and southeastern Brazil (Portuguese: sanhaço [sɐ̃ˈɲasu] or sanhaçu [sɐ̃ɲaˈsu]), and Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina (where they are known as celestinos or celestinas). A few are recorded from far southeastern Peru, but its status there is unclear, in part due to the potential of confusion with the very similar juveniles of the blue-grey tanager.

It occurs in a wide range of open to semiopen habitats, but generally avoids the interior of dense forest (such as the Amazon). This tanager visits farmland in search of orchards and adapts readily to urban environment, as long as some arboreal cover and a supply of fruits are available. It feeds on flowers, buds, and insects, and this omnivorous lifestyle has helped it to become perhaps the most — or one of the most — common urban birds in southeastern Brazil, along with the rufous-bellied thrush.

From the Wikipedia article “Sayaca tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sayaca_tanager&oldid=1384746716), 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.

Is the sayaca 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 sayaca tanager classified?

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

Synonyms Tanagra coelestis, Tangara sayaca, Thaupis sayaca

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • tàngara sayacaCatalan
  • tangara modraváCzech
  • tanagr saiacaWelsh
  • SayacatangarDanish
  • SayacatangareGerman
  • Sayaca-TangareGerman
  • sajaka tangaroEsperanto
  • CelestinoSpanish
  • Celestino comúnSpanish
  • CelestónSpanish
  • SayubúSpanish
  • Tangara sayacaSpanish
  • lyijytangaraFinnish
  • Tangara sayacaFrench
  • Calliste sayacaFrench
  • Choni o chogüíGuarani
  • sinja tangaraCroatian
  • kék szajákaHungarian
  • Tanagra sayacaItalian
  • ハイガシラソライロフウキンチョウJapanese
  • mėlynsparnis traupisLithuanian
  • sayacatanagarNorwegian
  • tangarka modroskrzydłaPolish
  • tangarka zielonoskrzydłaPolish
  • Papa-figoPortuguese
  • sanhaço-cinzentoPortuguese
  • Sanhaço-do-mamoeiroPortuguese
  • Sanhaçu-cinzentoPortuguese
  • tangará-saiacaPortuguese
  • Синекрылый трауписRussian
  • Бразильская танаграRussian
  • tangara sajakaSlovak
  • Sajaka tangaraSerbian
  • sayacatangaraSwedish
  • Sayaka TangarasıTurkish
  • саяка синяUkrainian
  • 灰喉裸鼻雀Chinese

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Relatives of the sayaca tanager

Other species in the same genus Thraupis.

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Common questions

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How big is the sayaca tanager?

An adult sayaca tanager weighs 32 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the sayaca tanager?

The sayaca tanager (Thraupis sayaca) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{sayaca_tanager_2026,
  title = {Sayaca tanager (Thraupis sayaca)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sayaca-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}