Red-shouldered Tanager

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

The Red-shouldered Tanager is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Red-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus phoenicius) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Tachyphonus phoenicius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 July 2007. More

Red-shouldered tanagerBirds in Suriname = - Red-shouldered tanager female red-shouldered tanager, male Red-shouldered tanager male The first photo of a female Red-shouldered Tanager was made by Foek Chin Joe at Matta in Suriname in October 2005. Then comes a picture made in the birdcage of mr. Luchmun in Paramaribo by R.Ribot of a male tanager: the red on the shoulder of this male is hard to see. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Thraupidae
Genus : Tachyphonus
Species : phoenicius
Authority : Swainson, 1838