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Tanagers and Allies

Blue-gray Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

The blue-gray tanager is a medium-sized South American songbird of the tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. It has been introduced to Lima (Peru) and Florida. On Trinidad and Tobago, this bird is called blue jean.

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