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White-lined Tanager
Tachyphonus rufus (Boddaert, 1783)
Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
White-lined Tanager, Tachyphonus rufus, is a passerine in the tanager family that breeds from Costa Rica through South America to north-eastern Argentina. It is also found in Trinidad and Tobago. It lives in semi-open places, including gardens. The adult male is glossy black with white underwing coverts and a small white mark on the upperwing, while females and young birds are rufous, paler underneath. The species has a long tail and a stout, pointed bill.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae — Tanagers & Allies
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Costa Rica to ne Argentina
