Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) - HBW 16, p. 186

French: Tangara à bec d’argent German: Purpurtangare Spanish: Tangara Picoplata
Other common names: Maroon Tanager, Common Silverbeak

Taxonomy: Lanius (Carbo) Pallas, 1764, Suriname.
May form a superspecies with R. dimidiatus, R. melanogaster and R. bresilius. Molecular analysis indicates that levels of divergence between this species and R. melanogaster (1.1%) are lower than those generally found for other species in genus (2·4–4·0%); the two overlap slightly in range in N Peru (Marañón drainage), with some evidence of hybridization. Has hybridized with R. bresilius in E Brazil (SE Minas Gerais). Eight subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

capitalis J. A. Allen, 1892 - NE Venezuela (Anzoátegui E to Paría Peninsula, S to Monagas and Delta Amacuro).
magnirostris Lafresnaye, 1853 - SE Sucre, in NE Venezuela; Trinidad.
venezuelensis Lafresnaye, 1853 - E base of Andes in N & W Venezuela (Falcón E to Miranda, S to Táchira) and Colombia (Arauca, Boyacá).

See all 8 subspecies

capitalis J. A. Allen, 1892 - NE Venezuela (Anzoátegui E to Paría Peninsula, S to Monagas and Delta Amacuro).
magnirostris Lafresnaye, 1853 - SE Sucre, in NE Venezuela; Trinidad.
venezuelensis Lafresnaye, 1853 - E base of Andes in N & W Venezuela (Falcón E to Miranda, S to Táchira) and Colombia (Arauca, Boyacá).
unicolor P. L. Sclater, 1856 - E base of Andes in Colombia (from Casanare region S to Meta).
carbo (Pallas, 1764) - SE Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru (S to Ucayali), Venezuela S of R Orinoco, the Guianas, and N, W & C Brazil (S to N Mato Grosso).
connectens Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 - SE Peru and adjacent NW Bolivia.
atrosericeus d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 - N & E Bolivia.
centralis Hellmayr, 1920 - E Brazil (C Mato Grosso E to Bahia, Minas Gerais and N São Paulo) S to NE Paraguay.