Tachyphonus
| Tachyphonus | |
|---|---|
| male | |
| female both t. rufus, Trinidad | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Tachyphonus Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Tanagra rufa Boddaert, 1783 | |
| Species | |
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Tachyphonus is a genus of birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the white-lined tanager as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek words takhus "fast" and phōneō "to speak".