Diademed Tanager

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Diademed Tanager
Photo by André R D Baptista
Photo by André R D Baptista
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Stephanophorus
Strickland, 1841
Species: S. diadematus
Binomial name
Stephanophorus diadematus

Stephanophorus is a monotypic genus of tanager, containing only the Diademed Tanager, Stephanophorus diadematus.

It is purple-blue with a white crown characterised by a small red patch, and it is found mostly in open areas in southern Brazil to northeast Argentina.