Spangle-cheeked Tanager
Tangara dowii(Salvin, O, 1863)
English (US) Spangle-cheeked Tanager
The Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii) 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 montane forest of Costa Rica and western PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tangara dowii
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Spangle-cheeked Tanager
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1863)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Calliste dowii
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1863)
- Type locality
- San Jose [= Rancho Redondo de San Jose] , Costa Rica.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863, pt.2 p.168
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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