Red-necked tanager
(Redirected from Tangara cyanocephala)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Tangara |
| Species: | T. cyanocephala
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| Tangara cyanocephala (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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The red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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
[edit]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)
Description
[edit]It is mostly green with a black back and a blue head and throat.
References
[edit]- ^ 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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