Rosy thrush-tanager
| Rosy thrush-tanager | |
|---|---|
| Male in Panama | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Superfamily: | Emberizoidea |
| Family: | Rhodinocichlidae Ridgway, 1902 |
| Genus: | Rhodinocichla Hartlaub, 1853 |
| Species: | R. rosea |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhodinocichla rosea (Lesson, 1832) | |
The rosy thrush-tanager (Rhodinocichla rosea) or rose-breasted thrush-tanager is a species of bird in the currently monotypic genus Rhodinocichla. It was formerly assigned to the family Thraupidae and more recently viewed as being of uncertain placement; a 2015 molecular study places it closest to the Calcariidae. Found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela, its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forests.