Red-necked tanager
The red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Tangara |
| Species: | T. cyanocephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Tangara cyanocephala (Müller, PLS, 1776) | |
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It is found in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
Taxonomy and systematics
The red-necked tanager was first described by Philipp Müller in 1776 as Tanagra cyanocephala.[2]
There are three recognised subspecies of the red-necked tanager:
- T. c. cearensis Cory 1916
- T. c. corallina (Berlepsch 1903
- T. c. cyanocephala (Müller 1776)
Juvenile in Brazil
Description
It is mostly green with a black back and a blue head and throat.
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Tangara cyanocephala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22722830A94787225. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722830A94787225.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Linné, Carl von; Houttuyn, M.; Houttuyn, M.; Linné, Carl von; Müller, Philipp Ludwig Statius (1776). Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... Vollständiges Natursystem : nach der zwölften lateinischen Ausgabe, und nach Anleitung des holländischen Houttuynischen Werks, mit einer ausführlichen Erklärung. Nürnberg: bey Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe.
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