The turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana) has bright turquoise face, neck, and flanks. The turquoise tanager's scientific name is Tangara mexicana, but despite this name, it is not found in Mexico or anywhere in Central America – it is resident in Trinidad, much of Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela, with its range extending south to Bolivia. Turquoise Tanagers are very social birds, typically found in small, single-species flocks of up to ten individuals in humid lowland forests, but also in forest edges, second growth, and plantations. It is agile and acrobatic when feeding and foraging for insects – it searches on slender branches and twigs, sometimes leaning upside down. Male and female turquoise tanagers have similar plumage that appears virtually identical to the human eye, though males are generally more vibrant.
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