Eastern Chat-Tanager
Calyptophilus frugivorus(Cory, CB, 1883)
English (US) Eastern Chat-Tanager
The Eastern Chat-Tanager (Calyptophilus frugivorus) 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 Calyptophilidae (Chat-tanagers) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Calyptophilus frugivorus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Eastern Chat-Tanager
- Described by
- (Cory, CB, 1883)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Calyptophilus frugivorus frugivorus
- Calyptophilus frugivorus neibae
- Calyptophilus frugivorus abbotti
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Phoenicophilus frugivorus
- Described by
- (Cory, CB, 1883)
- Type locality
- Santo Domingo ; type from Almercen [= Villa Rivas], fide Hellmayr, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 9, p. 358.
- Original description
- The Quarterly Journal of the Boston Zoological Society 2 p.45
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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