Scarlet-throated tanager
| Scarlet-throated tanager | |
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| Song recorded in Pernambuco, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Compsothraupis Richmond, 1915 |
| Species: | C. loricata
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| Binomial name | |
| Compsothraupis loricata (Lichtenstein, 1819)
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| Synonyms | |
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Tanagra loricata ( protonym )
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The scarlet-throated tanager (Compsothraupis loricata) is a small
Thraupidae
that is endemic to eastern Brazil. It is the only member of the genus Compsothraupis.
The scarlet-throated tanager is one of the largest tanagers; 21 cm (8+1⁄4 in) in length and with a weight of 72.5g. Females are entirely black, while males have red throat. It is
endemic to north-eastern Brazil, being almost entirely restricted to the region dominated by Caatinga. It is often found near water and typically at elevations of 200–1,000 m (660–3,280 ft). Typically seen in pairs or groups of up to 8 individuals. Has a habit of perching on branches high in trees. Slow-moving. In the breeding season, males fluff the feathers of the back to show off the white bases. The nest is well hidden, and typically placed deep in vegetation or in an abandoned woodpeckers
hole.
Taxonomy
The scarlet-throated tanager was
monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[6]
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Lichtenstein, Hinrich (1819). "Die Werke von Marcgrave und Piso über die Naturgeschichte Brasiliens, erläutert aus den wieder aufgefundenen Original-Abbildungen". Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1816-1817) (in German). 1816–17: 155–178 [159].
- ^ Marcgrave, Georg (1648). Historia Naturalis Brasiliae (in Latin). Vol. Liber Quintus: Qui agit de Avibus. Lugdun and Batavorum (London and Leiden): Franciscum Hackium and Elzevirium. p. 192.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 253.
- ^ Richmond, Charles Wallace (1915). "Notes on several preoccupied generic names (Aves)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 28: 180.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
External links
- Photos and text - arthurgrosset.com