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title: "Yellow-winged Tanager"
description: "Thraupis abbas — Birds. The yellow-winged tanager (Thraupis abbas) is a neotropical member of the tanager family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yellow-winged-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-winged Tanager

> Thraupis abbas — Birds. The yellow-winged tanager (Thraupis abbas) is a neotropical member of the tanager family.

- Scientific name: *Thraupis abbas*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4745
- Wikidata: [Q947248](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q947248)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10294](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10294)

## Names

- en: Yellow-winged Tanager
- de: Abttangare
- es: Tangara Alas Amarillas
- fr: Tangara à miroir jaune
- nl: Geelvleugeltangare
- pt: Sanhaço-de-mancha-amarela
- pl: Tangarka żółtoskrzydła

## Countries with the most observations

MX (2840), HN (389), SV (370), BZ (326), GT (289), NI (126), CR (35)

## Summary

The yellow-winged tanager (Thraupis abbas) is a neotropical member of the tanager family.  It is of average size for a tanager, about 18-centimetre (7.1 in) long.  It is distinguished by the yellow patches on its dusky green wings, marking an otherwise dark bluish and gray body.  It has a pale lavender tone on its throat and breast.  The juvenile lacks this color, but has an olive-green head and upper back.

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

## Photo

![Yellow-winged Tanager](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-winged-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247374172

## Machine access

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