Rediscovery of the Blue-necked Tanager Stilpnia cyanicollis albotibialis in the Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás, Brazil

Abstract

We report a new record of the Blue-necked Tanager Stilpnia cyanicollis albotibialis in the Chapada dos Veadeiros, Brazil, which could represent its rediscovery after nearly 100 years without documented records. S. c. albotibialis was known only from its holotype, collected at the Chapada dos Veadeiros, in central Brazil, in December 1929 by José Blaser, and held at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. We present behavioural data and comment on the biogeography of this subspecies, as no information concerning its ecology has been previously published.