Silver-breasted Tanager (Tangara cyanomelas)

Other Scientific Names
Tangara cyanomelaena [BirdLife International (2004)], Tangara cyanomelaena [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Thraupidae (Tanagers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, heavily degraded former forest, plantations.

Range (Guide)

Brazil.

Coastal region of eastern Brazil from Pernambuco south to Rio de Janeiro.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2013).

Status LC
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Tangara velia (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was previously split into Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia) and Silver-breasted Tanager (Tangara cyanomelas) following Stotz et al. (1996), but this treatment is no longer adopted following SACC (2005).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia).

References
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