Chestnut-headed tanager

The chestnut-headed tanager (Pyrrhocoma ruficeps) is a species of tanager found in the Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far northeastern Argentina. It is the only member of the genus Pyrrhocoma.

Chestnut-headed tanager

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Pyrrhocoma
Cabanis, 1851
Species:
P. ruficeps
Binomial name
Pyrrhocoma ruficeps

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Pyrrhocoma ruficeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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