Crimson-collared tanager

Crimson-collared tanager
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Ramphocelus
Species:
R. sanguinolentus
Binomial name
Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
(Lesson, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta

The crimson-collared tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus) is a rather small Middle American songbird. It was first described by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831, its specific epithet from the Latin adjective sanguinolentus, "bloodied", referring to its red plumage.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Ramphocelus sanguinolentus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22722494A132153946. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22722494A132153946.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.