Vermilion Tanager
Calochaetes coccineus(Sclater, PL, 1858)
English (US) Vermilion Tanager
The Vermilion Tanager (Calochaetes coccineus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Andes of southeastern Colombia to Ecuador and eastern Peru (Cusco)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calochaetes coccineus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Vermilion Tanager
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1858)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Euchaetes coccineus
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1858)
- Type locality
- Rio Napo, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.26, no.351 p.73 pl.132 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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