Red-billed pied tanager
| Red-billed pied tanager | |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Mitrospingidae |
| Genus: | Lamprospiza Cabanis, 1847 |
| Species: | L. melanoleuca |
| Binomial name | |
| Lamprospiza melanoleuca (Vieillot, 1817) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Saltator melanoleucus Vieillot, 1817 | |
The red-billed pied tanager (Lamprospiza melanoleuca) is a species of bird in the family Mitrospingidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru and Suriname. Placed in family Thraupidae, the "true" tanagers, for over two centuries, the International Ornithological Committee reclassified this species to Mitrospingidae in 2018.