Rufous-cheeked Tanager
Tangara rufigenis(Sclater, PL, 1857)
English (US) Rufous-cheeked Tanager
The Rufous-cheeked Tanager (Tangara rufigenis) 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: coastal mountains of northern Venezuela (southern Lara to Distrito Federal)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tangara rufigenis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufous-cheeked Tanager
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1857)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Calliste rufigenis
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1857)
- Type locality
- Venezuela; Caracas suggested by Phelps and Phelps, Jr., 1950, Bol. Soc. Venezolana Cienc. Nat., 12(75), p. 319.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.24, no.320 p.311
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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