Golden-crowned Tanager
Iridosornis rufivertex(de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1842)
English (US) Golden-crowned Tanager
The Golden-crowned Tanager (Iridosornis rufivertex) 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
- Iridosornis rufivertex
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Golden-crowned Tanager
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1842)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Iridosornis rufivertex rufivertex
- Iridosornis rufivertex caeruleoventris
- Iridosornis rufivertex ignicapillus
- Iridosornis rufivertex subsimilis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Arremon rufi-vertex
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1842)
- Type locality
- Bolivia; error, Bogota region, eastern Andes of Colombia, substituted by Hellmayr, 1936, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 9, p. 176.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 5 p.335
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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