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Black-backed Tanager
Stilpnia peruviana (Desmarest, 1806)
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-backed tanager (Stilpnia peruviana) is a bird species in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to the forests and shrubs of south-eastern Brazil. When first described, it was mistakenly believed that it originates from Peru, leading to the misleading scientific name peruviana. It is closely related to the chestnut-backed tanager, and the two have sometimes been considered conspecific.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Black-backed tanager; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:42:48.886122+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Stilpnia peruviana (Desmarest, 1806)
- Name authority
- (Desmarest, 1806)
- Common name
- Black-backed 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 peruviana (Desmarest, 1806)
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-headed TanagerStilpnia cyanoptera (Swainson, 1834) | 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 peruviana (Desmarest, 1806) (Desmarest, 1806) | synonym |
| Tanagra peruviana Desmarest, 1806 Desmarest, 1806 | 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=1189865 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:9GD6Z. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.