Saffron-crowned Tanager
Tangara xanthocephala(Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
English (US) Saffron-crowned Tanager
The Saffron-crowned Tanager (Tangara xanthocephala) 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 xanthocephala
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Saffron-crowned Tanager
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Tangara xanthocephala venusta
- Tangara xanthocephala xanthocephala
- Tangara xanthocephala lamprotis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- C[allospiza] xanthocephala
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
- Type locality
- Peru; Vitoc suggested by Zimmer, 1943, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 1245, p. 9.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10 p.285
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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