| Loriotus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Flame-crested tanager male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Loriotus Jarocki, 1821 |
| Type species | |
| Tanagra cristata Linnaeus, 1766 | |
| Species | |
3, see list | |
Loriotus is a genus of birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. The species now placed in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Tachyphonus .
The three species now assigned to Loriotus were traditionally placed in the genus Tachyphonus . A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Tachyphonus was polyphyletic. [1] In the subsequent reorganization the genus Loriotus was resurrected for these three species. [1] [2] [3] The genus had been introduced in 1821 by the Polish zoologist Feliks Paweł Jarocki with the flame-crested tanager as the type species. [4] The name is derived from the French word loriot that is used for the Old World orioles. [5]
The three species in the genus are: [3]
| Male | Female | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Flame-crested tanager | Loriotus cristatus | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
| Yellow-crested tanager | Loriotus rufiventer | Peru, Acre and northwestern Bolivia | ||
 |  | White-shouldered tanager | Loriotus luctuosus | Honduras to Panama, South America south to Ecuador and southern Brazil, and on Trinidad. |
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