Black-chested mountain tanager

Black-chested mountain tanager
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Cnemathraupis
Species:	C. eximia
Binomial name
Cnemathraupis eximia (Boissonneau, 1840)
Synonyms
Buthraupis eximia

The black-chested mountain tanager (Cnemathraupis eximia) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Papallacta Pass – Ecuador

This species was formerly included in the genus Buthraupis . When a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that Buthraupis was polyphyletic, the black-chested mountain tanager was moved to the resurrected genus Cnemathraupis . ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Cnemathraupis eximia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T22722606A132016599. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22722606A132016599.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. Sedano, Raul E.; Burns, Kevin J. (2010). "Are the Northern Andes a species pump for Neotropical birds? Phylogenetics and biogeography of a clade of Neotropical tanagers (Aves: Thraupini)". Journal of Biogeography. 37 (2): 325–343. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02200.x. S2CID   53063036.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 October 2020.