Scarlet-throated Tanager
Compsothraupis loricata(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1819)
English (US) Scarlet-throated Tanager
The Scarlet-throated Tanager (Compsothraupis loricata) 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: arid interior of northeastern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Compsothraupis loricata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scarlet-throated Tanager
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tanagra loricata
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1819)
- Type locality
- northeastern Brazil; Ceara suggested by Hellmayr, 1929, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 12(18), p. 288.
- Original description
- Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften p.159
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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