Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Scarlet-throated Tanager (Compsothraupis loricata) - HBW 16, p. 160

French: Tangara à gorge écarlate German: Rotbrusttangare Spanish: Tangara Gorjirroja

Taxonomy: Tanagra loricata M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1819, NE Brazil (possibly Ceará).
Sometimes placed in genus Sericossypha, which it closely resembles in size, plumage and certain external morphological characters (e.g. tarsal scutellation, rounded non-operculate nostrils, weak rectal bristles, and bill shape); differs, however, primarily in having nostrils exposed (not covered). Retained in its own monotypic genus pending molecular data, but argument for maintaining this seems weak; behaviour suggests a sluggish Thraupis tanager, and many observers have remarked that it appears remarkably icterid-like in field. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Brazil from E Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Pernambuco and Alagoas S to WC Goiás and N Minas Gerais.