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Flame-crested Tanager

Loriotus cristatus (Linnaeus, C 1766)

The flame-crested tanager is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. Ten subspecies are currently recognized. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thraupidae
Genus:
   Loriotus
Scientific:
  Loriotus cristatus

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1766)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Tanagra cristata

Type locality:
  Cayenne.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/321/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  C9AFBE36FB56722B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-C9AFBE36

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/C9AFBE36

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563268

English:
Flame-crested Tanager
Bulgarian:
Качулата черна танагра
Catalan:
tàngara cresta de foc
Czech:
tangara červenochocholatá
Danish:
Rødtoppet Sorttangar
German:
Feuerhaubentangare
Esperanto:
flamkresta tangaro
Spanish:
Tangara Crestifuego
Spanish (Spain):
Tangara crestifuego
Finnish:
tuliharjatangara
French:
Tangara à huppe ignée
Croatian:
plamenokruna tangara
Italian:
Tangara crestadifiamma
Japanese (romaji):
kammurikurofuukinchou
Japanese:
カンムリクロフウキンチョウ
Lithuanian:
Raudonkuodė puošnioji tanagra
Dutch:
Vuurkuiftangare
Norwegian:
ildtopptanagar
Polish:
lanio ognistoczuby
Portuguese:
tiê-galo
Portuguese (Brazil):
tiê-galo
Portuguese (Portugal):
Tiê-galo
Russian:
Огненохохлая танагра
Slovak:
sangara ohnivohlavá
Serbian:
Vatroćuba tangara
Swedish:
eldtofsad tangara
Turkish:
Alev Taçlı Tangara
Ukrainian:
Танагра-жалібниця вогнисточуба
Chinese:
火冠黑唐纳雀
Chinese (Traditional):
焰冠黑唐納雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Flame-crested Tanager ( Loriotus cristatus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Flame-crested Tanager ( Loriotus cristatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Flame-crested Tanager ( Loriotus cristatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Flame-crested Tanager ( Loriotus cristatus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Flame-crested Tanager ( Tachyphonus cristatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Flame-crested Tanager ( Tachyphonus cristatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Flame-crested Tanager ( Tachyphonus cristatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Flame-crested Tanager ( Tachyphonus cristatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Flame-crested Tanager ( Tachyphonus cristatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Flame-crested Tanager ( Tachyphonus cristatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Flame-crested Tanager ( Tachyphonus cristatus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Flame-crested Tanager ( Loriotus cristatus) [version 1]
Avilist 2025:
Flame-crested Tanager ( Loriotus cristatus)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Tangara à huppe rouge ( Tachyphonus cristatus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Flame-crested Tanager ( Tachyphonus cristatus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Flame-crested Tanager ( Loriotus cristatus)
Clements 3rd edition:
Flame-crested Tanager ( Tachyphonus cristatus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested) ( Tachyphonus cristatus [cristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested) ( Tachyphonus cristatus [cristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested) ( Tachyphonus cristatus [cristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested) ( Tachyphonus cristatus [cristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested) ( Tachyphonus cristatus [cristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested) ( Loriotus cristatus [cristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested) ( Loriotus cristatus [cristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested) ( Loriotus cristatus [cristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested) ( Loriotus cristatus [cristatus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Flame-crested Tanager ( Loriotus cristatus)
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Flame-crested Tanager ( Tachyphonus cristatus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Loriotus cristatus [incl. nattereri] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: tàngara cresta de foc
Czech: tangara červenochocholatá
Danish: Rødtoppet Sorttangar
German: Feuerhaubentangare [cristatus-Gruppe], Haubentangare
English: Flame-crested Tanager, Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested)
English, HBW: Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested)
English (IOC): Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested)
English (United States): Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested)
Esperanto: flamkresta tangaro
Spanish: Frutero de Cresta Rojiza, Parlotero Crestado, Tangara crestiflama, Tangara Crestifuego (grupo cristatus)
Spanish (Colombia): Parlotero Crestado
Spanish (Ecuador): Tangara crestiflama, Tangara Crestiflama [Grupo cristatus]
Spanish (Spain): Tangara Crestifuego, Tangara crestifuego (grupo cristatus), Tangara Crestifuego [cristatus Group]
Spanish (HBW): Flame-crested Tanager (Flame-crested)
Spanish (Peru): Tangara Cresta de Fuego, Tangara Cresta de Fuego [grupo cristatus]
Spanish (Venezuela): Frutero Cresta Rojiza
Finnish: Tuliharjatangara
French: Lanion à huppe ignée, Tangara à huppe ignée, Tangara à huppe ignée [cristatus], Tangara à huppe ignée [nominal], Tangara à huppe rouge
Italian: Tangara crestadifiamma
Japanese (romaji): kammurikurofuukinchou, kanmurikurofuukinchou (cristatus guru-pu)
Japanese: カンムリクロフウキンチョウ, カンムリクロフウキンチョウ (cristatus グループ), カンムリクロフウキンチョウ（cristatus グループ）
Scientific: Loriotus cristatus, Loriotus cristatus [cristatus Group], Tachyphonus cristatus, Tachyphonus cristatus [cristatus Group], Tachyphonus cristatus cristatus, Tanagra cristata
Lithuanian: Raudonkuodė puošnioji tanagra
Dutch: Vuurkuiftangare, Vuurkuiftangare (cristatus groep)
Norwegian: Ildtopptanagar, ildtopptanagar (cristatus gr.)
Polish: lanio ognistoczuby [gr. cristatus], zalobnik ognistoczuby, żałobnik ognistoczuby
Portuguese: galo-de-bando, gurricha, gurundi-preto, Tiê-galo, xau-preto
Portuguese (Brazil): galo-de-bando, gurricha, gurundi-preto, tie-galo, Tiê-galo, xau-preto
Portuguese (Portugal): tangará-de-crista-flamejante [grupo cristatus], Tiê-galo, Tiê-galo [grupo cristatus]
Russian: Огненохохлая танагра [группа cristatus], Хохлатая украшенная танагра
Slovak: sangara ohnivohlavá, sangara ohnivohlavá (skup.)
Serbian: Vatroćuba tangara (vatroćuba)
Swedish: eldtofsad tangara [cristatus Group], eldtofsad tangara [gruppen cristatus], Rödtofsad tangara
Turkish: Alev taçlı tangara [cristatus grubu]
Ukrainian: Танагра-жалібниця вогнисточуба
Chinese: 火冠黑唐纳雀
Chinese (Traditional): 焰冠黑唐納雀

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