Loriotus cristatus

Loriotus cristatus ♂, Restinga de Bertioga State Park, São Paulo, Brazil

Loriotus cristatus ♀, Restinga de Bertioga State Park, São Paulo, Brazil

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Passeroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Infraclassis: Aves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerida Superfamilia: Passeroidea

Familia: Thraupidae
Genus: Loriotus
Species: Loriotus cristatus
Subspecies: L. c. brunneus – L. c. cristatellus – L. c. cristatus – L. c. fallax – L. c. huarandosae – L. c. intercedens – L. c. madeirae – L. c. nattereri – L. c. orinocensis – L. c. pallidigula

Name

Loriotus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

• Type locality: Cayenne, French Guiana.

Synonyms

• Tanagra cristata (protonym)
• Lanio cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Islerothraupis cristata (Linnaeus, 1766) [acc. Burns, Unitt & Mason (2016); SACC 730.05]
• Tachyphonus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 1 (Regnum Animale), Pars 1: 1–532. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. First availability p.317 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Burns, K.J., Unitt, P. & Mason, N.A. 2016. A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes). Zootaxa 4088(3): 329–354. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2 .Reference page. 
• Piacentini, V.Q., Unitt, P. & Burns, K.J. 2019. Two overlooked generic synonyms in the Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes). Zootaxa 4608 (3): 593-594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.3.13 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Flame-crested Tanager
español: Tanagara crestifuego
日本語: カンムリクロフウキンチョウ
português: Tié-galo

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