Puerto Rican Tanager

Nesospingus speculiferus(Lawrence, GN, 1875)

English (US) Puerto Rican Tanager

The Puerto Rican Tanager (Nesospingus speculiferus) 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 Nesospingidae (Puerto Rican Tanager) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: highlands of Puerto RicoRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name: Nesospingus speculiferus
Family: Nesospingidae (Puerto Rican Tanager)
Order: Passeriformes
IUCN Red List: Vulnerable
English (US): Puerto Rican Tanager
Described by: (Lawrence, GN, 1875)

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Taxonomic history

First described as: Chlorospingus (?) speculiferus
Described by: (Lawrence, GN, 1875)
Type locality: Porto Rico.
Original description: Ibis ser.3, vol.5, no.19 p.383 pl.9 fig.1

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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