| Blue-backed tanager | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Cyanicterus Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Species: | C. cyanicterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyanicterus cyanicterus (Vieillot, 1819)
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| Synonyms | |
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Pyranga cyanicterus (protonym) | |
The blue-backed tanager (Cyanicterus cyanicterus) is a species of South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Cyanicterus.
It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Cyanicterus cyanicterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22722555A132016127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22722555A132016127.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.