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Passeriformes / Thraupidae / Tangara

Saffron-crowned Tanager

Tangara xanthocephala

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (sactan1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Tangara

Subspecies (3)

Tangara xanthocephala lamprotis

Andes of southeastern Peru (Cusco and Puno) to northwestern Bolivia
Tangara xanthocephala venusta

Andes of Colombia to western Venezuela and central Peru
Tangara xanthocephala xanthocephala

subtropical Andes of central Peru (Chanchamayo region)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (sactan1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.