Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and dry forest, subtropical and tropical dry and moist shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 1,500 m, occasionally up to 2,700 m.
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.
South-eastern Nicaragua, Costa Rica (Caribbean coast), south-western Panama (Caribbean slope and locally on Pacific slope), Colombia (northern and north-east, including base of Santa Marta Mts, most of Andean region, and locally east of Andes in llanos) and west, northern and central Venezuela (including Margarita I) east to Trinidad and Tobago, the Guianas, and eastern Brazil (western Mato Grosso south to northern Paraná) south to extreme eastern Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina (south to northern Buenos Aires); also isolated populations in north-western and south-eastern Ecuador and northern and south-eastern Peru.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) [XC769577]
by Jerome Fischer from Foz do rio Sucupira, Porto Franco, Maranh\u00e3o, Brazil (song)
White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) [XC731596]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Santa Rita do Novo Destino, Goi\u00e1s, Ch\u00e1cara Jayrson, Brazil (call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Recent molecular-genetic data indicate that this species and Ruby-crowned Tanager (Tachyphonus coronatus) are sister-species, and that Red-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus phoenicius) is sister to both of these. Despite extensive range, no regular geographical variation identified.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet