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Yellow-winged tanager

Thraupis abbas (Deppe, 1830)

Status not recordedsongbirds

The yellow-winged tanager (Thraupis abbas) is a species in the family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 45 g to 46.5 g.

Yellow-winged tanager (Thraupis abbas)
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yellow-winged tanager

Weight
45 g – 46.5 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
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 yellow-winged tanager live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-winged tanager?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-winged tanager (Thraupis abbas) is a neotropical member of the tanager family. It is of average size for a tanager, about 18-centimetre (7.1 in) long. It is distinguished by the yellow patches on its dusky green wings, marking an otherwise dark bluish and gray body. It has a pale lavender tone on its throat and breast. The juvenile lacks this color, but has an olive-green head and upper back.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-winged tanager” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-winged_tanager&oldid=1334404785), 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 yellow-winged 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 yellow-winged tanager classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThraupidae
  6. genusThraupis
  7. SpeciesThraupis abbas (Deppe, 1830)

Synonyms Tanagra abbas, Tangara abbas

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • tàngara alanegraCatalan
  • tangara žlutokřídláCzech
  • tanagr adeinfelynWelsh
  • Gulvinget TangarDanish
  • AbttangareGerman
  • Abt-TangareGerman
  • OlivflügeltangareGerman
  • flavaflugila tangaroEsperanto
  • Tangara alimarillaSpanish
  • Tángara ala amarillaSpanish
  • Tangara Alas AmarillasSpanish
  • Tangara aliamarillaSpanish
  • viikunatangaraFinnish
  • Tangara à miroir jauneFrench
  • Calliste à miroir jauneFrench
  • Tanagra aligialleItalian
  • Tangara aligialleItalian
  • モンキフウキンチョウJapanese
  • geltonsparnis traupisLithuanian
  • GeelvleugeltangareDutch
  • gulvingetanagarNorwegian
  • tangarka żółtoskrzydłaPolish
  • tangará-d'asa-amarelaPortuguese
  • sanhaço-de-asa-amarelaPortuguese
  • sanhaço-de-mancha-amarelaPortuguese
  • Sanhaço-mancha-amarelaPortuguese
  • Желтокрылая танаграRussian
  • Желтокрылый трауписRussian
  • tangara žltokrídlaSlovak
  • Žutokrila tangaraSerbian
  • gulvingad tangaraSwedish
  • Sarı Kanatlı TangaraTurkish
  • саяка жовтокрилаUkrainian
  • 黃翅裸鼻雀Chinese
  • 黄翅裸鼻雀Chinese

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Relatives of the yellow-winged 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 yellow-winged tanager?

An adult yellow-winged tanager weighs 45 g – 46.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the yellow-winged tanager?

The yellow-winged tanager (Thraupis abbas) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow-winged tanager (Thraupis abbas). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-winged-tanager

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_winged_tanager_2026,
  title = {Yellow-winged tanager (Thraupis abbas)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-winged-tanager},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}