Chlorospingus

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Chlorospingus
Common chlorospingus (C. flavopectus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Chlorospingus
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Chlorospingus leucophrys[1]
Cabanis, 1851
Species

Around 10, see text

Chlorospingus is a genus of perching birds, the bush tanagers, traditionally placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae). More recent studies which suggest they are closely related to the genus Arremonops in the Passerellidae (American sparrows). As of July, 2017, the American Ornithological Society assigns the genus to the new family Passerellidae, which contains the New World sparrows.[2]

It contains the following species:

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
-Yellow-throated chlorospingusChlorospingus flavigularisnorthern Andes
Yellow-whiskered chlorospingusChlorospingus parvirostrisnorthern Andes
Ashy-throated chlorospingusChlorospingus canigularisTalamancan montane forests and northern Andes
Sooty-capped chlorospingusChlorospingus pileatusTalamancan montane forests
Common chlorospingusChlorospingus flavopectusmontane Neotropics
-Tacarcuna chlorospingusChlorospingus tacarcunaePanama, including Cerro Tacarcuna
-Pirre chlorospingusChlorospingus inornatusCerro Pirre (eastern Panama)
Dusky chlorospingusChlorospingus semifuscuswestern slope of Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes

The taxonomy and systematics of the common bush tanager are under review; it appears to be a superspecies or even a complex of superspecies.[3][4][5]

References

  1. "Passerellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. R. Terry Chesser; Kevin J. Burns; Carla Cicero; Jon L. Dunn; Andrew W. Kratter; Irby J. Lovette; Pamela C. Rasmussen; J. V. Remsen, Jr.; James D. Rising; Douglas F. Stotz; Kevin Winker (2017). "Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds". Auk. 134 (3): 751–773. doi:10.1642/AUK-17-72.1.
  3. Peterson, A. Townsend; Escalante P., Patricia; Navarro-Sigüenza, Adolfo G. (1992). "Genetic variation and differentiation in Mexican populations of Common Bush-tanagers and Chestnut-capped Brush Finches" (PDF). The Condor. 94 (1): 244–253. doi:10.2307/1368813. hdl:1808/16634. JSTOR 1368813.
  4. García-Moreno, Jaime; Navarro-Sigüenza, Adolfo G.; Peterson, A. Townsend; Sánchez-González, Luis A. (2004). "Genetic variation coincides with geographic structure in the common bush-tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus) complex from Mexico" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33 (1): 186–196. Bibcode:2004MolPE..33..186G. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.007. PMID 15324847. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-17.
  5. Sánchez-González, Luis A.; Navarro-Sigüenza, Adolfo G.; Peterson, A. Townsend; García-Moreno, Jaime (2007). "Taxonomy of Chlorospingus ophthalmicus in Mexico and northern Central America" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 127 (1): 34–49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-21.