Puerto Rican Tanager Nesospingus speculiferus Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Alcides L. Morales
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 24, 2012
Text last updated February 24, 2012
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tàngara de Puerto Rico |
| Dutch | Puertoricaanse Tangare |
| English | Puerto Rican Tanager |
| English (United States) | Puerto Rican Tanager |
| French | Pleureur de Porto Rico |
| French (France) | Pleureur de Porto Rico |
| German | Puerto-Rico-Tangare |
| Japanese | プエルトリコフウキンチョウ |
| Norwegian | puertoricotanagar |
| Polish | trelnik |
| Russian | Льороса |
| Serbian | Portorikanska tangara |
| Slovak | ostrovanka portorická |
| Spanish | Tangara Puertorriqueña |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Llorosa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Tangara puertorriqueña |
| Swedish | puertoricosångtangara |
| Turkish | Porto Riko Tangarası |
| Ukrainian | Пуерторичник |
Nesospingus speculiferus (Lawrence, 1875)
PROTONYM:
Chlorospingus (?) speculiferus
Lawrence, 1875. Ibis, p.383 pl.9 fig.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Porto Rico.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NESOSPINGUS
- speculifer / speculifera / speculiferum / speculiferus
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lowercase: species and subspecies
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Introduction
The Puerto Rican Tanager is a medium sized bird from the mountain forests of the island. It is the only representative from the genus Nesospingus, making it truly endemic. The body plumage is mostly olive brown, with white underparts and a conspicuous white wing spot. The Puerto Rican Tanager is a noisy bird that often is the nucleus of mixed species flocks. Its local name is "llorosa", which means "cryer", perhaps because of the loud vocalizations of this tanager suggest it is under some kind of stress.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Puerto Rican Tanager
