Flame-crested Tanager
Loriotus cristatus
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Loriotus
- eBird Code
- flctan2
Vocalizations
Subspecies (9)
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Loriotus cristatus brunneus
eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to São Paulo)
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Loriotus cristatus cristatellus
southeastern Colombia, southern Venezuela, northeastern Peru, and northwestern Brazil
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Loriotus cristatus cristatus
French Guiana and northeastern Brazil (north of the Amazon River and east of Rio Nhamundá)
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Loriotus cristatus fallax
southern Colombia (southeastern Nariño) to eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru
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Loriotus cristatus huarandosae
northern Peru (Chinchipe Valley in Río Marañón Valley)
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Loriotus cristatus intercedens
eastern Venezuela (eastern Bolívar), Guyana, and Suriname
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Loriotus cristatus madeirae
Brazil south of the Amazon River (Teffe to Río Xingú and Mato Grosso)
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Loriotus cristatus orinocensis
southern Venezuela and eastern Colombia
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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.