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Blue-grey Tanager

Thraupis episcopus (Linnaeus, C 1766)

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). On Trinidad and Tobago, this bird is called blue jean. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thraupidae
Genus:
   Thraupis
Scientific:
  Thraupis episcopus


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Tanagra Episcopus

Type locality:
  Bresil; type probably from Cayenne, fide Hellmayr, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 9, p. 205.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/320/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  EFCDB0ECCF55BF56

Avibase ID:
  avibase-EFCDB0EC

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/EFCDB0EC


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563425

Geographic range:

  • Thraupis episcopus episcopus: the Guianas and northern Brazil east of Rio Jamundá to northwest Maranhão, and southward to southeast Pará and northern Mato Grosso
  • Thraupis episcopus leucoptera: east slope of eastern Andes of central Colombia
  • Thraupis episcopus mediana: southeastern Colombia to far northern Bolivia and northern Brazil (eastward to Rio Jamundá, and south of the Amazon River between Rio Madeira and Rio Tapajós)
  • Thraupis episcopus [coelestis or ehrenreichi]: tropical southeastern Colombia to central Peru and western Amazonian Brazil
  • Thraupis episcopus caerulea: southeastern Ecuador and northern Peru (south to Huánuco)
  • Thraupis episcopus major: central Peru (Chanchamayo Valley of Ica)
  • Thraupis episcopus urubambae: southeastern Peru (Urubamba Valley and Amazonian drainage)
  • Thraupis episcopus cana: southeastern Mexico (San Luis Potosí) to northern Venezuela; Pearl Islands
  • Thraupis episcopus caesitia: Caribbean coast of western Panama (Escudo de Veraguas)
  • Thraupis episcopus cumatilis: Coiba Island (off Pacific coast of Panama)
  • Thraupis episcopus nesophila: far eastern Colombia to eastern Venezuela and Trinidad
  • Thraupis episcopus quaesita: Pacific slope of southwestern Colombia, western Ecuador, and northwestern Peru
  • Thraupis episcopus berlepschi: Tobago
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English:
Blue-grey Tanager
Catalan:
tàngara blavosa
Czech:
tangara modrá
Danish:
Blågrå Tangar
German:
Bischofstangare
Spanish:
Tangara Azuleja
Spanish (Spain):
Tangara Azuleja
Finnish:
piispatangara
French:
Tangara évêque
Croatian:
plavetna tangara
Icelandic:
Blátáni
Italian:
Tanagra grigiazzurra
Japanese (romaji):
sorairofuukinchou
Japanese:
ソライロフウキンチョウ
Lithuanian:
Mėlynasis traupis
Dutch:
Bisschopstangare
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Bispetanagar
Norwegian:
Bispetanagar
Polish:
tangarka niebieska
Portuguese:
sanhaço-da-amazônia
Portuguese (Brazil):
sanhaço-da-amazônia
Portuguese (Portugal):
tangará-azulejo
Russian:
Сине-серая танагра
Slovak:
tangara modrá
Serbian:
Svetloplava tangara
Swedish:
blågrå tangara
Ukrainian:
Саяка блакитна
Chinese:
灰蓝裸鼻雀
Chinese (Traditional):
灰藍裸鼻雀


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Tangara évêque ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Tangara évêque ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Tangara episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Thraupis episcopus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Thraupis episcopus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Thraupis episcopus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Blue-grey Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Blue-gray Tanager ( Thraupis episcopus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Thraupis episcopus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Thraupis episcopus [version 1]

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Species status: full species

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Arawak: Sakui
Catalan: tàngara blavosa
Carib: Sikiy
Czech: Tangara modrá
Danish: Blågrå Tangar
German: Bischofstangare, Bischofs-Tangare
Aukan: Tchuwi
Emerillon: Tsonoñ
English: Blue Gray Tanager, Blue grey Tanager, Blue Tanager, Blue-gray Tanager, Blue-grey Tanager
English, HBW: Blue-grey Tanager
English (IOC): Blue-grey Tanager
English (United States): Blue-gray Tanager
Spanish: Azulejo, Azulejo Común, Azulejo de Jardín, Tángara Azulada, Tangara Azuleja, Tangara Azulgris, Tángara Azulgris, tángara azul-gris, Viudita
Spanish (Colombia): Azulejo Común
Spanish (Costa Rica): Tangara azuleja
Spanish (Ecuador): Tangara Azuleja
Spanish (Spain): Tangara Azuleja
Spanish (HBW): Blue-gray Tanager
Spanish (Honduras): Azulejo
Spanish (Mexico): Tangara Azulgris, Tángara Azulgris, tángara azul-gris
Spanish (Nicaragua): Tángara Azulada
Spanish (Panama): Tangara Azuleja
Spanish (Peru): Tangara Azuleja
Spanish (Venezuela): Azulejo de Jardín
Finnish: Piispatangara
French: Calliste évêque, Tangara bleu, Tangara évêque
Guianese Creole French: Bléé
Croatian: plavetna tangara
Icelandic: Blátáni
Italian: Tanagra grigiazzurra, Tangara grigio-azzurra
Japanese (romaji): sorairofuukinchou
Japanese: ソライロフウキンチョウ
Kirghiz: көгүш танагра
Scientific: Loxia virens, Tanagra Episcopus, Tangara episcopus, Tangara episcopus episcopus, Tangara virens, Thaupis episcopus, Thraupis episcopus, Thraupis episcopus episcopus, Thraupis virens
Lithuanian: Mėlynasis traupis
Dutch: Bisschopstangare, Bisschops-tangare
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bispetanagar
Norwegian: Bispetanagar, Blå tanagar
Wayampi: Ãnũsõwi
Palikúr: Paasivra
Polish: tanagra niebieska, tangarka niebieska
Portuguese: saí-guaçú-azul, Sanhaço-azul, sanhaço-da-Amazônia
Portuguese (Brazil): saí-guaçú-azul, sanhaço-azul, sanhaco-da-amazonia, sanhaço-da-Amazônia, Sanhaçu-da-amazônia
Portuguese (Portugal): Sanhaço-da-amazónia, tangará-azulejo
Russian: Голубая танагра, серо-голубая танагра, Сине-серая танагра, синий траупис
Slovak: Kráska modra, tangara modrá
Serbian: Plavo-siva tangara, Svetloplava tangara
Saramaccan: Maipáfóu
Sranan: Blawforki, Blawki
Swedish: Blågrå tangara
Turkish: Gökçe tangara
Ukrainian: Саяка блакитна
Wayana: Anyon, Wapë
Chinese: 灰蓝裸鼻雀
Chinese (Traditional): 灰藍裸鼻雀

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