Flame-crested tanager
| Flame-crested tanager | |
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| Male in south-eastern Brazil | |
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| A female Flame-crested Tanager at Restinga de Bertioga state park, São Paulo state, Brazil. | |
| 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) | |
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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.
T. cristatus nattereri (above)
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References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tachyphonus cristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.