Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical and tropical dry and moist shrubland, shrub dominated inland wetlands. From sea-level - 800 m.
Brazilian Tanager (Ramphocelus bresilia) [XC212165]
by Jerome Fischer from Pq. Ecologico do Guarapiranga, S\u00e3o Paulo, SP, Brazil (call)
Brazilian Tanager (Ramphocelus bresilia) [XC299601]
by Jeremy Minns from Ubatuba, SP. Praia Vermelha do Sul, Brazil (dawn song)
Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus), Huallaga Tanager (Ramphocelus melanogaster) and Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo). Hybrids with Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) reported from eastern Brazil (Rio Doce area of Minas Gerais), but molecular analyses show that differentiation between these two taxa is typical of expected values for well-differentiated species (2·4 - 4·0%).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
bresilius (Linnaeus, 1766) - Coastal eastern Brazil from Paraíba south to Bahia (Ilhéus).
dorsalis Sclater, PL, 1855 - South-eastern Brazil from eastern Minas Gerais, southern Bahia and Espírito Santo south to north-eastern Santa Catarina; extreme north-western Argentina (northern Misiones).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet