Guira Tanager
Hemithraupis guira(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Guira Tanager
The Guira Tanager (Hemithraupis guira) 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
- Hemithraupis guira
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Guira Tanager
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 8 subspecies for this species.
- Hemithraupis guira nigrigula
- Hemithraupis guira roraimae
- Hemithraupis guira guirina
- Hemithraupis guira huambina
- Hemithraupis guira boliviana
- Hemithraupis guira amazonica
- Hemithraupis guira guira
- Hemithraupis guira fosteri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Motacilla Guira
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- northeastern Brazil ; restricted to Pernambuco by Berlepsch, 1912, Verh. V Intern. Ornith. Kongr., Berlin, 1911, p. 1083.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.335
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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