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Blue-backed Tanager
Cyanicterus cyanicterus (Vieillot, LJP 1819)
The blue-backed tanager is a species of South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Cyanicterus. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Thraupidae
Genus:
Cyanicterus
Scientific:
Cyanicterus cyanicterus
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Thraupidae
Genus:
Cyanicterus
Scientific:
Cyanicterus cyanicterus
Original description
Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1819)
Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd.
28 p.290
Protonym:
Pyranga cyanicterus
Type locality:
l'Amerique meridionale ; Cayenne suggested by Berlepsch, 1908, Novit. Zool., 15, p. 116.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19430255
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
846C5BDD794840FC
Avibase ID:
avibase-846C5BDD
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/846C5BDD
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559611
Geographic range:
- Cyanicterus cyanicterus: eastern Venezuela to the Guianas and adjacent northeastern Brazil
Source: Clements checklist
Blue-backed Tanager
Catalan:
tàngara de dors turquesa
Czech:
tangara okrasná
Danish:
Krumnæbstangar
German:
Ziertangare
Spanish:
Tangara Dorsiazul
Spanish (Spain):
Tangara Dorsiazul
Finnish:
guayanantangara
French:
Tangara cyanictère
Croatian:
kobaltastoleđa tangara
Italian:
Tanagra dorsoblu
Japanese (romaji):
seaofuukinchou
Japanese:
セアオフウキンチョウ
Lithuanian:
mėlynnugarė tanagra
Dutch:
Siertangare
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Blåryggtanagar
Norwegian:
Blåryggtanagar
Polish:
modrotanager
Portuguese:
Pipira-azul
Portuguese (Brazil):
pipira-azul
Portuguese (Portugal):
tangará-de-dorso-azul
Russian:
Синеспинная танагра
Slovak:
hájovka ozdobná
Swedish:
blåryggig tangara
Ukrainian:
Танагра ультрамаринова
Chinese:
蓝背唐纳雀
Chinese (Traditional):
藍背唐納雀
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Tangara cyanictère ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Tangara cyanictère ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 1st edition: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements, version 2021: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements, version 2022: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements, version 2023: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements, version 2024: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 3rd edition: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 4th edition: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 6th edition: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements, version 2015: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements, version 2016: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements, version 2017: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements, version 2018: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Clements, version 2019: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 1.50: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 1.52: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 1.53: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 1.54: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 1.55: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 2015: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 2016: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 2017: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 2018: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 2019: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 2021: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 2022: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 2023: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| eBird version 2024: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Cyanicterus cyanicterus |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Cyanicterus cyanicterus |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Cyanicterus cyanicterus |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Blue-backed Tanager ( Cyanicterus cyanicterus) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cyanicterus cyanicterus |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cyanicterus cyanicterus |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: tàngara de dors turquesa
Czech: Tangara okrasná
Danish: Krumnæbstangar
German: Ziertangare
English: Blue backed Tanager, Blue-backed Tanager
English, HBW: Blue-backed Tanager
English (IOC): Blue-backed Tanager
English (United States): Blue-backed Tanager
Spanish: Frutero de Lomo Azul, Frutero Lomiazul, Tangara Dorsiazul
Spanish (Spain): Tangara Dorsiazul
Spanish (HBW): Blue-backed Tanager
Spanish (Venezuela): Frutero Lomiazul
Finnish: Guayanantangara
French: Cyanictère à dos bleu, Tangara à dos bleu, Tangara cyanictère, Tangara décoré
Guianese Creole French: Pap-guyann
Croatian: kobaltastoleđa tangara
Italian: Tanagra dorsoblu, Tangara azzurra e gialla
Japanese (romaji): seaofuukinchou
Japanese: セアオフウキンチョウ
Scientific: Callithraupis venustus, Cyanicterus cyanicterus, Cyanicterus venustus, Orthogonys cyanicterus, Pyranga cyanictera, Pyranga cyanicterus, Pyranga icteropus
Lithuanian: mėlynnugarė tanagra
Dutch: Siertangare
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blåryggtanagar
Norwegian: Blåryggtanagar
Polish: modrotanager, tanagra zólto-niebieska, tanagra żółto-niebieska
Portuguese: Pipira-azul
Portuguese (Brazil): Pipira-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): Pipira-azul, tangará-de-dorso-azul
Russian: Синеспинная танагра, Ультрамариновая танагра
Slovak: hájovka ozdobná, tangara ozdobná, tia ozdobná
Swedish: Blåryggad tangara, blåryggig tangara
Turkish: Mavi sırtlı tangara
Ukrainian: Танагра ультрамаринова
Chinese: 蓝背唐纳雀
Chinese (Traditional): 藍背唐納雀
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