Species of bird
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The blue-backed tanager (Cyanicterus cyanicterus) is a species of South American bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Cyanicterus.
It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Taxonomy.
The blue-backed tanager was formally described in 1819 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot under the binomial name "Pyranga cyanicterus". The type locality is Cayenne in French Guiana. This species is now the only member of the genus "Cyanicterus" that was introduced by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850. The word "cyanicterus " is formed from the Ancient Greek "kuanos" meaning "dark-blue" and "ikteros" meaning "jaundice-yellow". The blue-backed tanager is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
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