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title: "Trauertangare"
description: "Loriotus luctuosus — Vögel. The white-shouldered tanager (Loriotus luctuosus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/white-shouldered-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Trauertangare

> Loriotus luctuosus — Vögel. The white-shouldered tanager (Loriotus luctuosus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies.

- Scientific name: *Loriotus luctuosus*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `jungle` (Dschungel)
- iNaturalist observations: 1837
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289364](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289364)

## Names

- en: White-shouldered Tanager
- de: Trauertangare
- es: Tangara hombriblanca
- fr: Tangara à épaulettes blanches

## Countries with the most observations

PA (756), CR (277), CO (204), EC (158), BR (105), BO (44), PE (40), TT (18), HN (9), VE (7), GF (4), NI (3)

## Summary

The white-shouldered tanager (Loriotus luctuosus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found from Honduras to Panama, on Trinidad, and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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

## Photo

![Trauertangare](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-shouldered-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194354558

## Machine access

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