About Thraupis abbas (Deppe, 1830)
The yellow-winged tanager, with the scientific name Thraupis abbas (Deppe, 1830), is a Neotropical bird in the tanager family. It is an average-sized tanager, reaching approximately 18 centimetres (7.1 inches) in length. This species is identifiable by yellow patches on its dusky green wings, set against an otherwise dark bluish-gray body. Its throat and breast carry a pale lavender tone. Juvenile yellow-winged tanagers do not have this pale lavender coloration, and instead have an olive-green head and upper back. Like other species in the genus Thraupis, the yellow-winged tanager lives in open humid and mesic woodland. It often forms flocks that number 50 individuals or more. Its diet consists of fruit, insects, and nectar. Its call is high and sibilant, and it may produce the call while in flight or while perched. The yellow-winged tanager’s range extends along the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean coasts, starting in the Mexican states of Veracruz and extreme southern San Luis Potosi, continuing through the Yucatán Peninsula to Nicaragua. On the Pacific coast, its range stretches from the Mexican state of Chiapas to Honduras. It is generally relatively common across this entire range. Since October 2010, the species has also been recorded in Los Chiles, northern Costa Rica.
