Other Scientific Names
Cissopis leveriana [BirdLife International (2004)], Cissopis leveriana [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Cissopis leveriana [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Magpie Tanager (Cissopis leverianus) [XC250666]
by Yoann Blanchon from Zamora-Chinchipe: Mariposa, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador (song)
Magpie Tanager (Cissopis leverianus) [XC121865]
by Leonardo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Delgado from Sao Jose dos Campos, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Recent molecular data indicate that present genus, Schistochlamys and Neothraupis are one another's closest relatives.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
leverianus (Gmelin, 1788) - Western and eastern Venezuela (on both slopes of Andes, and south of R Orinoco) east to French Guiana and Brazil (northern Roraima), also Colombia (eastern slope of Andes southern from Norte de Santander) south to Bolivia (Santa Cruz) and eastern across Brazil south of Amazon to central Mato Grosso, south-eastern Pará and southern Maranhío. Also extreme eastern Brazil (Alagoas, possibly also Pernambuco).
major Cabanis, 1851 - South-eastern Brazil (Goiás and Bahia south to northern Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet