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Blue-backed tanager
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The blue-backed tanager (Cyanicterus cyanicterus) is a species of South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Cyanicterus.
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Blue-backed tanager | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Cyanicterus Bonaparte, 1850 |
Species: | C. cyanicterus |
Binomial name | |
Cyanicterus cyanicterus (Vieillot, 1819) | |
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Synonyms | |
Pyranga cyanicterus (protonym) |
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It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.