Flame-crested Tanager

Loriotus cristatus

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thraupidae
Genus
Loriotus
eBird Code
flctan2

Vocalizations

Steve Collins · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (9)

  • Loriotus cristatus brunneus

    eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to São Paulo)

  • Loriotus cristatus cristatellus

    southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, northeastern Peru, and northwestern Brazil

  • Loriotus cristatus cristatus

    French Guiana and northeastern Brazil (north of the Amazon River and east of Rio Nhamundá)

  • Loriotus cristatus fallax

    southern Colombia (southeastern Nariño) to eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru

  • Loriotus cristatus huarandosae

    northern Peru (Chinchipe Valley in Río Marañón Valley)

  • Loriotus cristatus intercedens

    eastern Venezuela (eastern Bolívar), Guyana, and Suriname

  • Loriotus cristatus madeirae

    Brazil south of the Amazon River (Teffe to Río Xingú and Mato Grosso)

  • Loriotus cristatus orinocensis

    southern Venezuela and eastern Colombia

  • Loriotus cristatus pallidigula

    northeastern Brazil (eastern Pará and lower Rio Tocantins)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.