Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Speckled Tanager (Tangara guttata) - HBW 16, p. 225

French: Calliste tiqueté German: Fleckentangare Spanish: Tangara Pintoja

Taxonomy: C.[allispiza] guttata Cabanis, 1851, Cerro Roraima, Bolívar, Venezuela.
Genetic data indicate that this species and T. xanthogastra, T. punctata, T. varia and T. rufigula form a species group. Nominate race isolated; the possibility that the other races might merit treatment as a separate species may be worth investigating; taxonomic status of chrysophrys may likewise deserve research. Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

eusticta Todd, 1912 - Costa Rica (from Alajuela and, on Pacific slope, from San José) E to Panama (Caribbean slope) and extreme W Colombia (Cerro Tacarcuna, in extreme NW Chocó).
tolimae Chapman, 1914 - E slope of C Andes of Colombia (S to Tolima).
bogotensis Hellmayr & Seilern, 1912 - Sierra de Perijá, Andes of Venezuela (from Lara S to Táchira), and adjacent E Andes of Colombia (W slope from Norte de Santander S to Cundinamarca, Macarena Mts, and to W Caquetá and E Cauca, possibly also Nariño; probably throughout E slope, but records sparse).

See all 6 subspecies

eusticta Todd, 1912 - Costa Rica (from Alajuela and, on Pacific slope, from San José) E to Panama (Caribbean slope) and extreme W Colombia (Cerro Tacarcuna, in extreme NW Chocó).
tolimae Chapman, 1914 - E slope of C Andes of Colombia (S to Tolima).
bogotensis Hellmayr & Seilern, 1912 - Sierra de Perijá, Andes of Venezuela (from Lara S to Táchira), and adjacent E Andes of Colombia (W slope from Norte de Santander S to Cundinamarca, Macarena Mts, and to W Caquetá and E Cauca, possibly also Nariño; probably throughout E slope, but records sparse).
chrysophrys (P. L. Sclater, 1851) - N & S Venezuela (Sierra San Luis, in Falcón, and coastal cordilleras from Yaracuy E to Sucre and Monagas; also locally in mountains of Amazonas and Bolívar) and extreme NW Brazil (Sierra de Curupira).
trinitatis Todd, 1912 - N Trinidad.
guttata (Cabanis, 1851) - SE Venezuela (SE Bolívar E of R Caroní), adjacent extreme N Brazil (Cerro Uei-tepui), and locally in the Guianas.