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Chestnut-backed Tanager

Stilpnia preciosa (Cabanis, JL 1851)

The chestnut-backed tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in southern Brazil, north-eastern Argentina, eastern Paraguay, and Uruguay. It is closely related to the rarer black-backed tanager, and females of the two species are indistinguishable. This bird is characterized by its green breast, and chestnut colored back. Before research was completed, this animal was often mistaken for a result of a mutated black-backed tanager. It is now known that this is not the case, and though the two species are related, they are not in fact the same species. The tanager is not in any danger, and is plentiful in the areas that it resides in. Further studies show that this animal is non-invasive, which simply means that it will not invade areas other than its own region. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thraupidae
Genus:
   Stilpnia
Scientific:
  Stilpnia preciosa


Original description

Citation:
  (Cabanis, JL 1851)

Reference:
   Mus. Heineanum 1 p.27

Imprint year:
  1850-1851

Protonym:
  C[allispiza] preciosa

Type locality:
  Rio Grande [do Sul, Brazil].

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/196124#page/43/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  4DD0A2FD9EE2515C

Avibase ID:
  avibase-4DD0A2FD

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/4DD0A2FD


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563313

Geographic range:

  • Stilpnia preciosa: eastern Paraguay to southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, and northeastern Argentina
English:
Chestnut-backed Tanager
Catalan:
tàngara de dors bru
Czech:
tangara hnědohřbetá
Danish:
Kastanjerygget Tangar
German:
Prachttangare
Spanish:
Tangara Preciosa
Spanish (Spain):
Tangara Preciosa
Finnish:
ruskoselkätangara
French:
Calliste à dos marron
Croatian:
kestenjastoleđa tangara
Italian:
Tanagra dorsocastano
Japanese (romaji):
kuriirofuukinchou
Japanese:
クリイロフウキンチョウ
Lithuanian:
Puošnioji tanagra
Dutch:
Kastanjerugtangare
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Koparryggtanagar
Norwegian:
Kobberryggtanagar
Polish:
tangarka ozdobna
Portuguese:
saíra-preciosa
Portuguese (Brazil):
saíra-preciosa
Portuguese (Portugal):
tangará-de-dorso-castanho
Russian:
Рыжеспинная танагра
Slovak:
tangara skvostná
Serbian:
Tangara kestenjastih leđa
Swedish:
kastanjeryggig tangara
Ukrainian:
Танагра парагвайська
Chinese:
栗背唐加拉雀
Chinese (Traditional):
栗背唐加拉雀


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Calliste à dos marron ( Tangara preciosa)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Calliste à dos marron ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 1st edition:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements, version 2021:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
Clements, version 2022:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
Clements, version 2023:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
Clements, version 2024:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
Clements 3rd edition:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 4th edition:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 6th edition:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements, version 2015:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements, version 2016:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements, version 2017:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements, version 2018:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Clements, version 2019:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
eBird version 1.50:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
eBird version 1.52:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
eBird version 1.53:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
eBird version 1.54:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
eBird version 1.55:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
eBird version 2015:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
eBird version 2016:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
eBird version 2017:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
eBird version 2018:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
eBird version 2019:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
eBird version 2021:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
eBird version 2022:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
eBird version 2023:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
eBird version 2024:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Tangara preciosa
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Tangara preciosa
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Tangara preciosa
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Tangara preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Chestnut-backed Tanager ( Stilpnia preciosa)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tangara preciosa
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Tangara preciosa

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: tàngara de dors bru
Czech: Tangara hnedohrbetá, tangara hnědohřbetá
Danish: Kastanierygget Tangar, Kastanjerygget Tangar
German: Prachttangare, Pracht-Tangare
English: Chestnut backed Tanager, Chestnut-backed Tanager, Polymorphic Tanager
English, HBW: Chestnut-backed Tanager
English (IOC): Chestnut-backed Tanager
English (United States): Chestnut-backed Tanager
Spanish: Achará, Saíra castaña, Tangará castaño, Tangara Preciosa, Tángara Preciosa
Spanish (Argentine): Saíra castaña, Tangará castaño
Spanish (Spain): Tangara Preciosa
Spanish (HBW): Chestnut-backed Tanager
Spanish (Paraguay): Saíra castaño, Tangará castaño
Spanish (Uruguay): Achará
Finnish: Ruskoselkätangara
French: Calliste à dos marron, Tangara à dos marron
Guarani: Sairâ
Croatian: kestenjastoleđa tangara
Italian: Tanagra dorsocastano, Tangara dorsocastano
Japanese (romaji): kuriirofuukinchou, kurisenanairofuukinchou
Japanese: クリイロフウキンチョウ, クリセナナイロフウキンチョウ
Scientific: Callispiza preciosa, Calliste castanonota, Stilpnia preciosa, Tangara preciosa
Lithuanian: Puošnioji tanagra
Dutch: Kastanjerugtangare, Kastanjerug-tangare
Norwegian Nynorsk: Koparryggtanagar
Norwegian: Kobberryggtanagar, Kobberyggtanagar
Polish: tangarka ozdobna
Portuguese: saí-guaçu, saíra, saíra-preciosa, Saíra-sapucaia
Portuguese (Brazil): saí-guaçu, saíra, saira-preciosa, Saíra-preciosa
Portuguese (Portugal): Saíra-preciosa, tangará-de-dorso-castanho
Russian: Красивая танагра, Рыжеспинная танагра
Slovak: tangara skvostná
Serbian: Tangara kestenjastih leđa
Swedish: Kastanjeryggad tangara, kastanjeryggig tangara
Turkish: Kestane sırtlı tangara
Ukrainian: Танагра парагвайська
Chinese: 栗背唐加拉雀
Chinese (Traditional): 栗背唐加拉雀

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