Rust-and-yellow tanager

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| name = Rust-and-yellow tanager

| image = Rust-and-yellowTanager.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Thlypopsis ruficeps |volume=2016 |page=e.T22722269A94758301 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722269A94758301.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Thlypopsis

| species = ruficeps

| authority = (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

| synonyms =

| range_map = Thlypopsis ruficeps map.svg

}}

The rust-and-yellow tanager (Thlypopsis ruficeps) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.