Rufous-crested Tanager
Creurgops verticalisSclater, PL, 1858
English (US) Rufous-crested Tanager
The Rufous-crested Tanager (Creurgops verticalis) 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 Colombia to southwestern Venezuela and eastern Peru (Ayacucho)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Creurgops verticalis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufous-crested Tanager
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1858
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1858
- Type locality
- Rio Napo, [eastern] Ecuador.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.26, no.351 p.73 pl.132 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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