NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Black-headed Tanager
Stilpnia cyanoptera (Swainson, 1834)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The black-headed tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
It is found in the Andes of northeastern Colombia and the Venezuelan Coastal Range.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. The black-hooded tanager (Stilpnia whitelyi) was formerly considered to be conspecific with this species.
Wikipedia contributors, Black-headed tanager; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:43:04.987444+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Stilpnia cyanoptera (Swainson, 1834)
- Name authority
- (Swainson, 1834)
- Common name
- Black-headed Tanager
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thraupidae
- Genus
- Stilpnia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyThraupidae
- genusStilpnia K. J. Burns, Unitt & N. A. Mason, 2016
- speciesStilpnia cyanoptera (Swainson, 1834)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Stilpnia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Golden-hooded TanagerStilpnia larvata (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1846) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-capped TanagerStilpnia heinei (Cabanis, 1851) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scrub TanagerStilpnia vitriolina (Cabanis, 1851) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Masked TanagerStilpnia nigrocincta (Bonaparte, 1838) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-backed TanagerStilpnia peruviana (Desmarest, 1806) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-backed TanagerStilpnia preciosa (Cabanis, 1851) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sira TanagerStilpnia phillipsi (G. R. Graves & Weske, 1987) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-capped TanagerStilpnia meyerdeschauenseei (Schulenberg & Binford, 1985) | ThraupidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Tangara cyanoptera (Swainson, 1834) (Swainson, 1834) | ambiguous synonym |
| Tangara argentea (Lafresnaye, 1843) (Lafresnaye, 1843) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1189857 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:9GCXV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.