Red-shouldered tanager

The red-shouldered tanager (Tachyphonus phoenicius) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

Red-shouldered tanager
male
female
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Tachyphonus
Species:	T. phoenicius
Binomial name
Tachyphonus phoenicius Swainson, 1838

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.