The red-shouldered tanager (Tachyphonus phoenicius) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Tachyphonus |
| Species: | T. phoenicius
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| Binomial name | |
| Tachyphonus phoenicius Swainson, 1838
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It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Tachyphonus phoenicius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22722403A132153241. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22722403A132153241.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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