Species profile
Dotted Tanager
Ixothraupis varia
Quick answer
S Venezuela to the Guianas and n Amazonian Brazil
- Scientific name
- Ixothraupis varia
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Ixothraupis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Dotted Tanager in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
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- Band-tailed Seedeater (Catamenia analis)
- Band-tailed Sierra Finch (Porphyrospiza alaudina)
- Barbados Bullfinch (Loxigilla barbadensis)
- Bay-chested Warbling-finch (Castanozoster thoracicus)