Tanagers (Thraupidae)

White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus) - HBW 16, p. 181

French: Tangara à galons blancs German: Schwarztangare Spanish: Tangara Negra

Taxonomy: Tanagra rufa Boddaert, 1783, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Recent molecular-genetic data indicate that this species and T. coronatus are sister-species, and that T. phoenicius is sister to both of these. Despite extensive range, no regular geographical variation identified. Monotypic.

Distribution: SE Nicaragua, Costa Rica (Caribbean coast), SW Panama (Caribbean slope and locally on Pacific slope), Colombia (N & NE, including base of Santa Marta Mts, most of Andean region, and locally E of Andes in llanos) and W, N & C Venezuela (including Margarita I) E to Trinidad and Tobago, the Guianas, and E Brazil (W Mato Grosso S to N Paraná) S to extreme E Bolivia, Paraguay and N Argentina (S to N Buenos Aires); also isolated populations in NW & SE Ecuador and N & SE Peru.