Brassy-breasted tanager

The brassy-breasted tanager (Tangara desmaresti) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Brassy-breasted tanager
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Tangara
Species:	T. desmaresti
Binomial name
Tangara desmaresti (Vieillot, 1819) [2]
Synonyms
Tanagra Desmaresti protonym

Taxonomy and systematics

The brassy-breasted tanager was first described as Tanagra Desmaresti by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1819 on the basis of a specimen from Brazil.^[3] The generic name Tangara is from the Tupí word tangara, meaning 'dancer'. The specific epithet desmaresti is a patronym in honor of Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, who wrote the book Histoire des Tangaras.

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Tangara desmaresti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22722833A132156750. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22722833A132156750.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Vieillot, 1819. Tanagra Desmaresti (protonym). Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., nouv. éd., 32, p. 410. BHL
3. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Vol. 32 (Nouv. éd. presqu' entièrement refondue et considérablement angmentée ed.). Paris: Chez Deterville. 1819.