The fawn-breasted tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota ) is a species of Tanager with a blue head and yellow breast. It is in the genus Pipraeidea, along with the Blue-and-yellow tanager. It occurs in the Andes of northwestern Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, as well as in the highlands of northeastern Argentina, south Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The name Pipraeidea was named by Linnaeus and comes from the combination of Greek words "pipra" which means small bird and "eidos" which refers to "likeness". The species name, melanonota comes from melanonotacomes, which is derived from the Greek words "melas" for black and "nōtos" for back, which makes reference to this bird’s coloration.