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 1450–2200 m. 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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Stilpnia |
| Species: | S. meyerdeschauenseei
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| Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei (Schulenberg & Binford, 1985)
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References
edit- ^ a b BirdLife International (2013). "Tangara meyerdeschauenseei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b Schulenberg T, Stotz D, Lane D, O'Neill J, Parker T III (2007). Birds of Peru. Christopher Helm Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7136-8673-9
- ^ Brewer, David (2018). Birds New to Science: Fifty Years of Avian Discoveries. London: Christopher Helm. p. 336. ISBN 978-1-4729-0628-1.
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