Tanagers (Thraupidae)
Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida) - HBW 16, p. 219
French: Calliste émeraude
German: Smaragdtangare
Spanish: Tangara Florida
Taxonomy: Calliste florida P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1869, Costa Rica.
Genetic data indicate that this species is part of a monophyletic group that includes also T. johannae, T. schrankii, T. arthus, T. icterocephala, T. xanthocephala, T. chrysotis and T. parzudakii. Proposed race auriceps (described from Buenavista, in Nariño, in SW Colombia) considered indistinguishable from birds elsewhere in species’ range. The form anchicayae, from mountains above R Anchicayá, in Valle (Colombia), described erroneously as a race of T. schrankii, is now known to be a synonym of present species. Monotypi.. View all taxonomy...
Genetic data indicate that this species is part of a monophyletic group that includes also T. johannae, T. schrankii, T. arthus, T. icterocephala, T. xanthocephala, T. chrysotis and T. parzudakii. Proposed race auriceps (described from Buenavista, in Nariño, in SW Colombia) considered indistinguishable from birds elsewhere in species’ range. The form anchicayae, from mountains above R Anchicayá, in Valle (Colombia), described erroneously as a race of T. schrankii, is now known to be a synonym of present species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and Panama (E from Chiriquí and Veraguas; also Pacific coast in Darién) and Pacific coast of Colombia (S from S Chocó) to NW Ecuador (Imbabura, Esmeraldas and Pichincha).
- Least Concern
- No sound recordings available yet
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