Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii) [XC72490]
by Andrew Spencer from Parque Nacional Tapanti, La Esperanza entrance, Cartago, Costa Rica (call)
Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara) [XC411184]
by Odirlei Vieira da Fonseca from Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call, feeding young)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Molecular-genetic data indicate that this species, Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis), Green-naped Tanager (Tangara fucosa) and Blue-and-black Tanager (Tangara vassorii) form a species group, with last-mentioned basal to the other three. Has been considered conspecific with Green-naped Tanager (Tangara fucosa), the two being similar in vocalizations, behaviour and habitat preference.