Brassy-breasted tanager
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Brassy-breasted tanager
| image =Tangara desmaresti.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Tangara desmaresti
| authority = (Vieillot, 1819) {{aut|Vieillot, 1819}}. Tanagra Desmaresti (protonym). Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., nouv. éd., 32, p. 410. [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19504279 BHL]
| synonyms = * Tanagra Desmaresti protonym
| range_map = Tangara desmaresti map.svg
}}
The brassy-breasted tanager (Tangara desmaresti) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Taxonomy and systematics
The brassy-breasted tanager was first described as Tanagra Desmaresti by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1819 on the basis of a specimen from Brazil.{{Cite book|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64090|title=Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc|date=1819|publisher=Chez Deterville|edition=Nouv. éd. presqu' entièrement refondue et considérablement angmentée|volume=32|location=Paris|doi=10.5962/bhl.title.20211 }} The generic name Tangara is from the Tupí word tangara, meaning 'dancer'. The specific epithet desmaresti is a patronym in honor of Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, who wrote the book Histoire des Tangaras.
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Category:Birds of the Atlantic Forest
Category:Birds described in 1819
Category:Endemic birds of Brazil
Category:Taxa named by Louis Pierre Vieillot
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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