Blue-Necked Tanager
Stilpnia cyanicollis
About This Species
A colourful tanager found in humid forest and forest edge across parts of northern South America, typically foraging for fruit and insects in the canopy as part of mixed-species flocks. Its blue nape and green body make it stand out when a mixed flock passes through, though sightings are often brief as the flock keeps moving. Joining a mixed flock's passage through canopy foliage, usually in the morning, gives the best window for a good look.
Ethical Viewing Guidelines
- As with most canopy-flocking tanagers, the practical approach is to stay in one spot and let a passing mixed flock come to you, rather than following it through dense forest.
- This species has not yet been formally assessed by the IUCN, so its conservation status and any specific legal protections are unclear; the cautious default is to treat it, like other native forest birds, as protected under general wildlife law in its range countries and to avoid any close or prolonged disturbance.
- Quiet, still observation from beneath the canopy is the least disruptive way to watch a flock move through.
NEAvesPasseriformesThraupidae
Seasonal Activity
187,277 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
Photo
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Occurrence data from GBIF.