Tanagra argentea Lafresnaye, 1843 The black-headed tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

[2] The black-hooded tanager (Stilpnia whitelyi) was formerly considered to be conspecific with this species.

The black-headed tanager was illustrated in 1834 by the English zoologist William Swainson under the binomial name Aglaia cyanoptera.

[4] Swainson did not give a locality but in 1936 Carl Eduard Hellmayr suggested Caracas in Venezuela.

[7] When this species is placed in the same genus as the azure-shouldered tanager then under the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, the name Aglaia cyanoptera Swainson, 1834 becomes pre-occupied by Saltator cyanopterus Vieillot, 1817 and the synonym Tangara argentea Lafresnaye, 1843 is used for the black-headed tanager.