Specimen, Bird

Description
Tangara mexicana. Common name: Turquoise tanager
Small bird. It is predominately a pale blue-purple and black colour. The belly is white. The blue colour is on the head, chest and at the back. The wings are black along with the tail. The beak is black also.
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Classification
Passeriformes/Birds/Vertebrates/Animals/T&E For Science & Technology
Collection
Blanche Halcombe Collection
Credit line
Collected by William Swainson.
Species described by Linnaeus 1766.
This species is from South America.
Accession number
A101.024
Collection type
Ornithology
Natural Sciences

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