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Based on genetic data this species is sister to Plain-colored Tanager (Tangara inornata). Subspecies brasiliensis, long regarded as a separate species because of its larger size, paler plumage and geographical isolation, has more recently been treated as a subspecies of present species, but status merits further consideration.

Proposed subspecies lateralis (described from Apacy, on R Tapajós) is now generally considered an intergrade between nominate and boliviana. Further study is required.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

• vieilloti (Sclater, PL, 1857)   -  Trinidad.
• media (von Berlepsch & Hartert, 1902)   -  Eastern Colombia (Vichada) and north-eastern and southern Venezuela (Monagas, Sucre Delta Amacuro and, south of R Orinoco, Amazonas and Bolí­var).
• mexicana (Linnaeus, 1766)   -  The Guianas and Brazil (east to eastern Pará and south to central Mato Grosso).
• boliviana (Bonaparte, 1851)   -  Northern Bolivia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sayaca Tanager (Tangara sayaca).
• brasiliensis (Linnaeus, 1766)   -  Coastal south-eastern Brazil (southern Bahia south to Rio de Janeiro). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, White-bellied Tanager (Tangara brasiliensis).

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