ANIMAL:Blue-Gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
Type of Animal:
Songbird
Habitat:
Semiopen areas, open woodland, cultivated areas, gardens, forest edges, semiopen areas along roads/rivers, semiopen agricultural areas, semiopen urban parks, forest clearings, cities, towns, human settlements, forest borders, shrub clearings, plantations, tropical/subtropical heavily degraded former forest, tropical/subtropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, tropical/subtropical moist shrubland
Location(s):
Ranges from S Mexico to N Bolivia, also occurs on Trinidad & Tobago. Introduced to Lima area of Peru & S Florida.
Appearance:
Head/throat/belly light blue-gray w/ pale green hue, wings/tail bright blue, back darker blue, females less brilliant w/ more gray, juveniles duller than adults
Food/Diet:
Berries, fruit, arthropods/arthropod larvae/grubs, leaves, flowers, nectar, eggs, vegetables
Status in Wild:
Stable
Conservation:
Breeding in zoos, wildlife centers, & aviculture
Lifestyle:
Flocks of 2-8 birds
Additional Info:Called:
Male: Cock
Female: Hen
Young: Chick
Group: Flock
Weight:
1.1-1.4 oz
Gestation:
2 weeksLife Span:
5 years in wild, 10 years in captivity
Height:
6.3-7.1 in
Body Length:
6.3-7.1 in
Tail Length:
2 in
Main predators are carnivorous/omnivorous mammals, predatory birds, snakes, & crocodilians.
Very common throughout range, often seen at bird feeders & comfortable around people.
Usually nest 10-66 ft above ground-most often in forks of small trees/tall shrubs/palm fronds/over branches.
Females lay 1-3 dark-marked whitish to gray-green eggs & often raise 2 clutches per breeding season.
Play important role in seed dispersal due to diet.
Sometimes seen in flocks w/ other bird species.
Both sexes build thick deep bowl-shaped nest w/ fine roots/moss/grass/ferns/leaves/other thin materials.
Song squeaky twitter, interspersed w/ tseee & tsuup call notes.
Spends a lot of time foraging on ground.
Active during the day (diurnal).
Sexually mature at 7.5-8 months old.
Chicks fledge at 2 weeks & weaned at a month but often stay w/ parents until 7.5 months.
Fun Fact(s):
Called “Blue Jean” on Trinidad & Tobago due to color. Besides being called Blue Jean, known in Guyana as Blue Saki.
Poem Beneath the Blue Saki Skies by Guyanese-born Dmitri Allcock refers to these birds.
Often catch insects in mid-air.
Nests sometimes parasitized by cowbirds. This leads to tanagers rearing own chicks as well as larger cowbird chicks.
I together with my guys were actually looking at the excellent tips and tricks located on your web page and then suddenly came up with an awful feeling I never thanked the site owner for them. All of the young boys are already absolutely very interested to read all of them and have very much been loving these things. I appreciate you for getting really kind and then for choosing this sort of fine subject matter most people are really desirous to be aware of. My sincere apologies for not saying thanks to you sooner.
Your style is unique in comparison to other folks I have read stuff
from. I appreciate you for posting when you have
the opportunity, Guess I’ll just book mark this blog.
I do agree with all of the concepts you’ve introduced to your post.
They’re very convincing and will certainly work. Still, the posts are too short
for novices. May just you please prolong them a bit from subsequent
time? Thanks for the post.
If some one desires expert view on the topic of blogging and site-building afterward
i propose him/her to go to see this website, Keep up the pleasant work.
After I initially commented I seem to have clicked on the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and from now
on whenever a comment is added I recieve four emails with the same comment.
Is there a way you can remove me from that service?
Tremendous things here. I’m very satisfied to peer your post.
Thanks so much and I am looking forward to contact you.
Will you please drop me a e-mail?
I together with my guys were actually looking at the excellent tips and tricks located on your web page and then suddenly came up with an awful feeling I never thanked the site owner for them. All of the young boys are already absolutely very interested to read all of them and have very much been loving these things. I appreciate you for getting really kind and then for choosing this sort of fine subject matter most people are really desirous to be aware of. My sincere apologies for not saying thanks to you sooner.
This paragraph is in fact a pleasant one it helps new the web visitors, who are wishing for
blogging.
Keep this going please, great job!
Your style is unique in comparison to other folks I have read stuff
from. I appreciate you for posting when you have
the opportunity, Guess I’ll just book mark this blog.
Hello, the whole thing is going well here and ofcourse every one is sharing information, that’s
genuinely good, keep up writing.
Article writing is also a fun, if you know after that you can write or else it is difficult to write.
Having read this I thought it was really enlightening.
I appreciate you taking the time and energy to put this short article together.
I once again find myself personally spending way too much time both reading and leaving comments.
But so what, it was still worth it!
I could not resist commenting. Perfectly written!
Keep on working, great job!
I do agree with all of the concepts you’ve introduced to your post.
They’re very convincing and will certainly work. Still, the posts are too short
for novices. May just you please prolong them a bit from subsequent
time? Thanks for the post.
I could not refrain from commenting. Perfectly
written!
I really like it when folks get together and share opinions.
Great site, stick with it!
If some one desires expert view on the topic of blogging and site-building afterward
i propose him/her to go to see this website, Keep up the pleasant work.
After I initially commented I seem to have clicked on the -Notify me when new comments are added- checkbox and from now
on whenever a comment is added I recieve four emails with the same comment.
Is there a way you can remove me from that service?
Cheers!
Tremendous things here. I’m very satisfied to peer your post.
Thanks so much and I am looking forward to contact you.
Will you please drop me a e-mail?
It’s impressive that you are getting ideas from this paragraph as
well as from our argument made here.