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Turquoise tanager

Tangara mexicana (Linnaeus, 1766)

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The turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 20.4 g to 21.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana)
Photo: Ingrid Torres de Macedo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the turquoise tanager

Weight
20.4 g – 21.5 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
2.4 – 2.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the turquoise tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the turquoise tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is a resident bird from Trinidad, much of Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela, and south to Bolivia. Despite its scientific name, it is not found in Mexico. It is restricted to areas with humid forest, with its primary distribution being the Amazon. It was formerly treated as being conspecific with the white-bellied tanager which is found in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.

It occurs in forest, woodland, and cultivation. The bulky cup nest is built in a tree or shrub, and the female incubates three brown-blotched grey-green eggs.

These are social birds usually found in groups. They eat a wide variety of fruit and also take insects and other arthropods, often gleaned from twigs.

From the Wikipedia article “Turquoise tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turquoise_tanager&oldid=1380602543), 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 turquoise tanager endangered?

The turquoise tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the turquoise tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusTangara
  7. SpeciesTangara mexicana (Linnaeus, 1766)
Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • tàngara turquesaCatalan
  • tangara tyrkysováCzech
  • tanagr trilliwWelsh
  • TurkistangarDanish
  • TürkistangareGerman
  • Türkis-TangareGerman
  • turkisa tangaroEsperanto
  • Tangara turquesaSpanish
  • tángara turquesaSpanish
  • amazoniantangaraFinnish
  • Calliste diable-enrhuméFrench
  • kobaltasta tangaraCroatian
  • türkizkék tangaraHungarian
  • Tanagra turcheseItalian
  • トルコイシフウキンチョウJapanese
  • meksikinė tanagraLithuanian
  • TurkooistangareDutch
  • kobolttanagarNorwegian
  • tangarka żółtobrzuchaPolish
  • saíra-de-bandoPortuguese
  • tangará-turquesaPortuguese
  • Бирюзовая танаграRussian
  • Сапфировая танаграRussian
  • Tirkizna tangaraSerbian
  • amazontangaraSwedish
  • Turkuaz TangaraTurkish
  • танагра бірюзоваUkrainian
  • 青綠唐加拉雀Chinese
  • 青绿靓唐纳雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the turquoise tanager

Other species in the same genus Tangara.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the turquoise tanager?

An adult turquoise tanager weighs 20.4 g – 21.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the turquoise tanager endangered?

The turquoise tanager is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the turquoise tanager?

The turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/turquoise-tanager

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BibTeX
@misc{turquoise_tanager_2026,
  title = {Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/turquoise-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}