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title: "Sanhaço-de-encontro-azul"
description: "Thraupis cyanoptera — Aves. The azure-shouldered tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera) is a species of bird in the tanager family, Thraupidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/azure-shouldered-tanager
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sanhaço-de-encontro-azul

> Thraupis cyanoptera — Aves. The azure-shouldered tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera) is a species of bird in the tanager family, Thraupidae.

- Scientific name: *Thraupis cyanoptera*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 825
- Wikidata: [Q2193716](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193716)
- iNaturalist taxon: [10301](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/10301)

## Names

- en: Azure-shouldered Tanager
- de: Violettschultertangare
- es: Tangara cianóptera
- fr: Tangara à épaulettes bleues
- pt: Sanhaço-de-encontro-azul
- pl: Tangarka lazurowoskrzydła

## Countries with the most observations

BR (781)

## Summary

The azure-shouldered tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera) is a species of bird in the tanager family, Thraupidae. Described by the French zoologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817, it is only found in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, from southeastern Bahia, eastern Minas Gerais, and Espírito Santo south to northern Rio Grande do Sul. It inhabits humid montane forests, open woodlands, secondary growth, and forest edges and can be found at elevations of up to 1,600 m (5,200 ft), but usually stays below 1,200 m (3,900 ft).
The species feeds on fruit, flowers, and leaves. Its habit of eating leaves is an unusual aspect…

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

## Photo

![Sanhaço-de-encontro-azul](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/azure-shouldered-tanager/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/375674908

## Machine access

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