Rosy Thrush-tanager

The rosy thrush-tanager (Rhodinocichla rosea) or rose-breasted thrush-tanager is a species of bird in its own family, Rhodinocichlidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela. == Taxonomy and systematics == The rosy thrush-tanager has a complicated taxonomic history. It was formally described in 1832 with the binomial Furnarius roseus, identifying it as a hornero in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It was later recognized as an oscine ("songbird") and in 1853 was placed in its own genus Rhodinocichla. Its placement was not settled; nineteenth century authors suggested it belonged to one of several families. In the early twentieth century it settled into the tanager family Thraupidae and remained there into the twenty-first. A 2015 study suggested that it belonged in its own family. This classification was soon adopted by some taxonomic systems but others placed it as incertae sedis pending further evaluation. By 2018 the major systems had assigned it to its own family Rhodinocichlidae and placed it in the linear sequence between the families Calcariidae (longspurs and snow buntings) and emberizidae (Old World buntings). The rosy thrush-tanager has these five subspecies: R. r. schistacea Ridgway, 1878 R. r. eximia Ridgway, 1902 R. r. harterti Hellmayr, 1918…