Chlorochrysa

Chlorochrysa
Orange-eared tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Chlorochrysa Bonaparte, 1851
Type species
Callospiza calliparaea Tschudi, 1844
Species
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Chlorochrysa is a genus of small colourful Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Chlorochrysa was introduced in 1851 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. ^[1] In a subsequent publication he designated the type species as the orange-eared tanager. ^{[2] [3]} The name combines the Ancient Greek khlōros meaning "green" and khrusos meaning "gold". ^[4] The genus contains three species. ^[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Chlorochrysa phoenicotis	Glistening-green tanager	Colombia and Ecuador.
	Chlorochrysa calliparaea	Orange-eared tanager	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
	Chlorochrysa nitidissima	Multicoloured tanager	Colombia

References

1. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1851). "Note sur les Tangaras, leurs affinités, et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 32: 76–83 [76].
2. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1851). "Note sur les Tangaras, leurs affinités, et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. 2nd series (in French). 3: 129–145 [129].
3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 357.
4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 102. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 November 2020.