| Blue-capped tanager | |
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| In El Ávila National Park, Caracas, Venezuela | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Sporathraupis Ridgway, 1898 |
| Species: | S. cyanocephala
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| Binomial name | |
| Sporathraupis cyanocephala (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
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| Synonyms | |
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Aglaia cyanocephala (protonym) | |
The blue-capped tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Thraupis but is now the only species in the genus Sporathraupis.
It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Sporathraupis cyanocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22722549A132155620. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22722549A132155620.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.