Taxonomy and systematics
The rufous-winged tanager was first described as Castille lavinia by John Cassin in 1858, on the basis of a specimen collected by W.S. Wood, Jr. at the Isthmus of Panama. [2] The generic name Tangara is from the Tupí word tangara, meaning dancer. [3] The specific name lavinia is after the artist Lavinia Bowen. [2] Rufous-winged tanager is the official common name designated by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). Other names for the species include rufous winged tanager and Lavinia's tanager. [4]
It is one of 27 species in the genus Tangara . Within the genus, it was placed in a species group with the bay-headed tanager and rufous-cheeked tanager by Isler and Isler in 1987. This placement is supported by mitochondrial DNA evidence. Within the species group, the saffron-crowned tanager is sister to the bay-headed tanager. [5]
Subspecies
There are three recognized subspecies of the saffron-crowned tanager, which differ in the extent of blue on their undersides. [6]
- T. l. cara(Bangs, 1905): Occurs from extreme eastern Guatemala to Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Blue is present on the belly, but not on the throat or breast. [5]
- T. l. dalmasi(Hellmayr, 1910): It is found in Panama. It has a small spot of blue on the chin that does not extend to the breast. [5]
- T. l. lavinia(Cassin, 1858): The nominate, it occurs from extreme eastern Panama, along Colombia, to western Ecuador. It has a line of blue running down the center of its throat to the breast. [5]
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