Green-capped tanager

The green-capped tanager (Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to forest edge and gardens at altitudes of 1,450–2,200 m (4,760–7,220 ft) in Puno, Peru, and La Paz, Bolivia. It is fairly common and possibly spreading,^[2] but its small population has led to it being evaluated as Near Threatened by BirdLife International and IUCN.^[1] It closely resembles the widespread burnished-buff tanager (S. cayana), but its mantle is bluer (male) or greener (female), and its crown is greenish-buff.^[2] Its specific name commemorates the ornithologist Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee.^[3]

Green-capped tanager
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Stilpnia
Species:	S. meyerdeschauenseei
Binomial name
Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei (Schulenberg & Binford, 1985)
Synonyms
Tangara meyerdeschauenseei