Red-shouldered tanager
| Red-shouldered tanager | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Tachyphonus |
| Species: | T. phoenicius |
| Binomial name | |
| Tachyphonus phoenicius Swainson, 1838 | |
The red-shouldered tanager (Tachyphonus phoenicius) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tachyphonus phoenicius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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