The Turquoise Tanager is a medium-sized passerine bird that occurs in northern and northeastern South America. It is a resident of the Amazon Basin as well as adjacent rivers. It is a social bird and is often found in small flocks.
The Turquoise Tanager feeds primarily on fruit but will also eat insects, flowers, leaves, and seeds.
The female Turquoise Tanager lays 2 to 3 brown-blotched, gray-green eggs per clutch. The female incubates the eggs for about 12 - 14 days. Pairs break off from the flock to reproduce. After hatching, pairs rejoin the flock but return to feed the young.
Photographed at Discovery Cove, Orlando, FL
Photographed at Discovery Cove, Orlando, FL
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