Grey-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata(Spix, JB, 1825)
English (US) Gray-headed Tanager
UK name: Grey-headed Tanager
The Grey-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata) 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.
- Scientific name
- Eucometis penicillata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Tanager
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Tanager
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1825)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Eucometis penicillata pallida
- Eucometis penicillata spodocephalus
- Eucometis penicillata stictothorax
- Eucometis penicillata cristata
- Eucometis penicillata affinis
- Eucometis penicillata penicillata
- Eucometis penicillata albicollis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Tanagra penicillata
- Described by
- (Spix, JB, 1825)
- Type locality
- no locality ; Fonteboa, Amazonas [= Fonte Boa, Rio Solimoes, Brazil] suggested by Berlepsch, 1908, Novit. Zool., 15, p. 117.
- Original description
- Avium species novae, quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX (etc.) 2 p.36 pl.49 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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