Scarlet-throated Tanager (Compsothraupis loricata) [XC172724]
by Glauco Alves Pereira from Dores de Guanh\u00e3es, Minas Gerais, Brazil (call)
Scarlet-throated Tanager (Compsothraupis loricata) [XC415024]
by Caio Brito from Crato, Cear\u00e1, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Sometimes placed in genus Sericossypha, which it closely resembles in size, plumage and certain external morphological characters (e.g. tarsal scutellation, rounded non-operculate nostrils, weak rectal bristles, and bill shape). However, differs primarily in having nostrils exposed (not covered). Retained in its own monotypic genus pending molecular data, but argument for maintaining this seems weak. Behaviour suggests a sluggish Thraupis tanager, and many observers have remarked that it appears remarkably icterid-like in field.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet