Paradise Tanager
Tangara chilensis(Vigors, NA, 1832)
English (US) Paradise Tanager
The Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis) 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
- Tangara chilensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Paradise Tanager
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Tangara chilensis paradisea
- Tangara chilensis caelicolor
- Tangara chilensis chlorocorys
- Tangara chilensis chilensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Aglaïa Chilensis
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1832)
- Type locality
- no locality, but presumed to be Chile; error, Bolivia substituted by Hellmayr, 1910, Novit. Zool., 17, p. 273.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 2, no.15 p.3
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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