
BLUE-NECKED TANAGER Tangara cyanicollis. A Blue-necked Tanager is perching among an array of nectar bearing, cup-like flowers of the leguminous tree, Erythrina megistophylla Diels, family Fabaceae, along the Vía Cunuco, about two miles north of Mindo, in northwestern Ecuador at 9:16 AM on September 23, 2017. The tanager is here to drink the nectar from these cup-like flowers.
Endemic to Ecuador, Erythrina megistophylla has flowers adapted to pollination by passerine (perching) birds. We have observed a variety of passerine birds drinking nectar from these flowers as well as a number of hummingbird species.
The Blue-necked Tanager belongs to the family Thraupidae and is found from Venezuela south to Bolivia and Brazil.
Una Tangara Capuchiazul Tangara cyanicollis está perchado rodeado por flores de un árbol leguminoso Erythrina megistophylla, familia Fabaceae, por la Vía Cunuco unos 4 kilometros al norte de Mindo en el noroeste de Ecuador a las 9 y 16 de la mañana el 23 de septiembre de 2017. La tangara está aquí para beber el néctar de dichas flores. Erythrina megistophylla es un árbol endémico a Ecuador.
In Brazil, Tangara cyanicollis bears the common name Saíra-de-cabeça-azul.
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