The grey-headed tanager (Eucometis penicillata) is a widely distributed species of small
Neotropical bird in the tanager family
Thraupidae. It is the only member of the
genusEucometis.
The grey-headed tanager was
formally described in 1825 by the German naturalist
Johann Baptist von Spix under the
binomial nameTanagra penicillata.[2] Spix did not specify a
type locality by this was later designated as
Fonte Boa in the Brazilian state of
Amazonas.[3] The grey-headed tanager is now the only species placed in the
genusEucometis that was introduced by the English zoologist
Philip Sclater in 1856.[3][4][5] The genus name is derived from
Ancient Greekeukomēs meaning "with lovely hair". The specific epithet penicillata is from the
Latin diminutive of peniculus meaning "brush".[6]
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abPaynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970).
Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 383–384.
Skutch, Alexander F. (1954).
"Gray-headed tanager"(PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 31. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 183–188.