Huallaga Tanager
Ramphocelus melanogaster(Swainson, WJ, 1838)
English (US) Huallaga Tanager
The Huallaga Tanager (Ramphocelus melanogaster) 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
- Ramphocelus melanogaster
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Huallaga Tanager
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1838)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Ramphocelus melanogaster melanogaster
- Ramphocelus melanogaster transitus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Rhamphopis melanogaster
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1838)
- Type locality
- Peru ; Moyobamba [, San Martin] suggested by Zimmer, 1929, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 42, p. 97.
- Original description
- Animals in Menageries. In: The Cabinet Cyclopædia conducted by the Rev. Dionysius Lardner p.359
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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