Thlypopsis sordida [chrysopis or orinocensis] (Orange-headed Tanager (Western))

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Orange-headed Tanager (Western)

Thlypopsis sordida [chrysopis or orinocensis] (= Thlypopsis sordida chrysopis) (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O 1880)

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thraupidae
Genus:
   Thlypopsis
Scientific:
  Thlypopsis sordida chrysopis

Original description

Citation:
(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O 1880)

Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1880, pt.2 p.155-156

Imprint year:
1880

Protonym:
Nemosia chrysopis

Type locality:
Sarayacu, eastern Ecuador.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90456#page/219/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
F789EB780867E930

Avibase ID:
avibase-F789EB78

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F789EB78

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 730664

English:
Orange-headed Tanager [chrysopis or orinocensis]
Catalan:
tàngara de cap taronja (chrysopis/orinocensis)
Danish:
Orangehovedet Rusttangar (Vestlig)
German:
Orangekopftangare (chrysopis/orinocensis)
Spanish:
Tangara Cabecinaranja (Occidental)
Spanish (Spain):
Tangara cabecinaranja (occidental)
Finnish:
oranssipäätangara (chrysopis/orinocensis)
French:
Tangara à tête orange [chrysopis ou orinocensis]
Dutch:
Oranjekoptangare (Goudkoptangare)
Norwegian:
oransjehodetanagar (chrysopis/orinocensis)
Polish:
kapturzyk pomarańczowy (chrysopis/orinocensis)
Portuguese (Brazil):
saí-canário (chrysopis/orinocensis)
Portuguese (Portugal):
Saí-canário (chrysopis/orinocensis)
Slovak:
stŕňa lužné (žltohlavé)
Serbian:
Zapadna narandžastoglava tangara
Swedish:
orangehuvad tangara (chrysopis/orinocensis)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Orange-headed Tanager [chrysopis or orinocensis] ( Thlypopsis sordida [chrysopis or orinocensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Orange-headed Tanager [chrysopis or orinocensis] ( Thlypopsis sordida [chrysopis or orinocensis])
eBird version 2024: Orange-headed Tanager (Western) ( Thlypopsis sordida chrysopis/orinocensis) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: Orange-headed Tanager (Western) ( Thlypopsis sordida chrysopis/orinocensis) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Thlypopsis sordida

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