Brassy-breasted Tanager (Tangara desmaresti)

Sítio Espinheiro Negro - Juquitiba, SP, Brazil.

 

The genus Tangara includes some of the most spectacularly colored birds of the world.

 

Tangara desmaresti is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

 

Know locally as "saíra-lagarta".

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Suborder: Passeri

Family: Thraupidae

Subfamily: Thraupinae

Genus: Tangara Brisson, 1760

Species: T. desmaresti (Vieillot, 1819)

Binomial name: Tangara desmaresti

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