Flame-crested tanager

Flame-crested tanager
Male in south-eastern Brazil
Female at Restinga de Bertioga State Park, in São Paulo state, Brazil.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Loriotus
Species:	L. cristatus
Binomial name
Loriotus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
Tanagra cristata Linnaeus, 1766 Tachyphonus nattereri Pelzeln, 1870

The flame-crested tanager (Loriotus cristatus) 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 moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Ten subspecies are currently recognized.