Purplish-mantled Tanager
Iridosornis porphyrocephalusSclater, PL, 1856
English (US) Purplish-mantled Tanager
The Purplish-mantled Tanager (Iridosornis porphyrocephalus) 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: humid western Andes of Colombia and northwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Iridosornis porphyrocephalus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Purplish-mantled Tanager
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1856
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Iridornis porphyrocephala
- Described by
- Sclater, PL, 1856
- Type locality
- neighbourhood of Quito.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.23, no.298 p.227 pl.110
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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