Ruby-crowned tanager

Ruby-crowned tanager
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Tachyphonus
Species: T. coronatus
Binomial name
Tachyphonus coronatus
(Vieillot, 1822)

The ruby-crowned tanager (Tachyphonus coronatus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

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