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title: "Blue-capped Tanager"
description: "Sporathraupis cyanocephala — Birds. The blue-capped tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blue-capped-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-capped Tanager

> Sporathraupis cyanocephala — Birds. The blue-capped tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Sporathraupis cyanocephala*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 1427
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289362](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289362)

## Names

- en: Blue-capped Tanager
- de: Blaukopftangare
- es: Azulejo Montañero
- fr: Tangara à tête bleue

## Countries with the most observations

CO (604), EC (320), PE (242), BO (112), VE (37), TT (10)

## Summary

The blue-capped tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Thraupis but is now the only species in the genus Sporathraupis.
It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-capped_tanager

## Photo

![Blue-capped Tanager](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-capped-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342130185

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-capped-tanager?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).