This species is sometimes placed in a genus of its own as Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta .
A genetic study suggests that it is less closely related to the other Ramphocelus tanagers than they are to each other .
This species is sometimes placed in a genus of its own as Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta , and a genetic study suggests that it is less closely related to the other Ramphocelus tanagers than they are to each other .