I am not sure why the scientific name is 'mexicana' when it does not appear that it is found there.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/8
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Manual
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
300 mm
ISO
400
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/200 sec
Date/Time
Sun 26 Apr 2009 12:34:03 PM EDT
English Turquoise Tanager
Scientific (Tangara mexicana)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Thraupidae
Family (English) Tanagers & Allies
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions SA
Breeding Range Subregions Trinidad, the Guianas, and Amazonia
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Bolivia,Brazil,Colombia,Ecuador - mainland,French Guiana,Guyana,Peru,Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,Venezuela,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
vieilloti Trinidad
media e Colombia and Venezuela
mexicana the Guianas to c Brazil
boliviana se Colombia to e Ecuador, e Peru, w Brazil and n Bolivia
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1766)
German Türkistangare
French Calliste diable-enrhumé
Chinese 青绿靓唐纳雀
Japanese トルコイシフウキンチョウ
Russian Сапфировая танагра
Spanish Tangara turquesa
Portuguese tangará-turquesa
Bird Data App text Despite the latin name, not found in Mexico. Reasonably common in Amazon. Races differ mainly in belly color, from white to yellow.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)