Talk:Azure-shouldered tanager

Photos

Plenty at Flickr [1]. Working on getting one. Richard001 (talk) 08:58, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Azure-shouldered tanager/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: AryKun (talk · contribs) 09:34, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Esculenta (talk · contribs) 15:52, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Comments this weekend. ASAP Esculenta (talk) 15:52, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

This article is generally well-written and engaging, and provides a good overview of the azure-shouldered tanager, covering various aspects of its biology, behaviour, and conservation status. The prose is clear and concise, with good paragraph structure and flow. The article appears to be well-researched and supported by numerous reliable sources. It covers the range of topics typically found in GA bird articles. All three images have Wikipedia-compatible licences, are used appropriately, and are suitably captioned. I have some comments and suggestions below. Esculenta (talk) 23:42, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

• "The iris is dark brown and the legs are dark horn-gray." still unsure what the "horn" means here
• "The azure-shouldered tanager's song is very different from that of other Thraupis tanagers;"
• "The first recorded descriptions of eggs mention them as being pale blue some very dark purple spots;" needs help
• "It is mainly a species of humid forest and is less adept at utilizing secondary forest and forest edges than other species in its genus,"
• "species's" should be "species'"
• I think it should be made more obvious that the country in the range map is Brazil
• "Eggs are laid in clutches of two and may be either pale blue some very dark purple spots or white with evenly spread-out small brown splotches." missing word somewhere
• non-English language phrases should be in lang template for best form
• "18 cm (7.09 in) and a mass of 41–46 g (1.45–1.62 oz)" the convert outputs shouldn't imply more precision than the inputs
• "Both sexes look alike." I'd explicitly add "... and have similar dimensions." if this statement is true (it's the first thing I wondered about)
• "It prefers forested habitats" last bird referred to was sayaca tanager
• because of the redlinks for Psychotria constricta, P. velloziana, and Eugenia umbelliflora, the reader gets no idea of what kinds of plants these are (or what parts of them might get eaten). Would it be possible to remedy this somehow?
• "A study of network organization in Brazilian Atlantic Forest found the azure-shouldered tanager to have the third-largest contribution to the network topology, a fact that may be attributable to its highly frugivorous diet." Interesting, but maybe a bit more explanatory context about "network organization" could be weaved into this. For curiosity, what were the 2nd and 1st highest contributors?
• "In Carlos Botelho State Park, São Paulo, nests have been found being constructed and with eggs in September and containing nestlings in October and November." something wrong here
• any recorded pathophysiological effects of parasite infestation?
• so Vieillot originally described in 1817, but when was it transferred to Thraupis (and why, if that's easy to find out)

• looking at the Tanager article, I notice that other members of the genus occur in Brazil, and some of these look similar. Is it worth mentioning these possible lookalikes?

• possibly helpful links: breeding season, (bird) nest, (bird) egg, habitat loss, Ancient Greek, ornithology, covert, flight-feather (which is not hyphenated according to our article), mandible, bill, iris, song, sayaca tanager, migratory, gape, seed dispersal, foraging, parasitized, protected area

• maybe Specific name (zoology) is a better target than the current Binomial nomenclature redirect?
• "Clements Checklist" it would be more explanatory for ornithological newbies like me for the full name to be spelled out
• Spot checks: I checked statements sourced to BirdLife International (2017), Hernandes (2021), and Matias et al. (2012); no issues noted. Placing review on hold.