Diademed tanager

Diademed tanager
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Thraupidae
Genus:Stephanophorus
Strickland, 1841
Species: S. diadematus
Binomial name
Stephanophorus diadematus
(Temminck, 1823)

Stephanophorus is a monotypic genus of tanager, containing only the diademed tanager, Stephanophorus diadematus .

It is purple-blue with a white crown characterised by a small red patch, and it is found mostly in open areas in southern Brazil, northeast Argentina, and Uruguay.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Stephanophorus diadematus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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