Flame-crested Tanager

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Flame-crested Tanager
Flame-crested tanager amidst foliage
Flame-crested tanager amidst foliage
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Tachyphonus
Species: T. cristatus
Binomial name
Tachyphonus cristatus
(Linnaeus, 1766)

The Flame-crested Tanager (Tachyphonus cristatus) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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