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Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas)

Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas)
Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas)

About Yellow-winged Tanager (Thraupis abbas)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Tanagers and Allies

The yellow-winged tanager 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.

Source: Wikipedia

Visits

  • 2007-10-12

    Jalcomulco, Mexico
  • 2009-01-24

    Bullet Tree Falls, Belize
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  • 2009-01-26

    Mountain Pine Ridge, Belize
  • 2009-01-30

    Semuc Champey, Guatemala
  • 2009-02-02

    Santiago de Atitlan, Guatemala
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  • 2009-02-03

    Los Tarrales, Guatemala
  • 2009-02-09

    Los Naranjos, Honduras