Chlorospingus

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Chlorospingus
Chlorospingus ophtalmicus.jpg
Common chlorospingus (C. flavopectus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavigularisnorthern Andes
Yellow-whiskeredBush-Tanager.jpg Yellow-whiskered chlorospingus Chlorospingus parvirostrisnorthern Andes
Chlorospingus canigularis (Montero pectoral) (14144366981).jpg Ashy-throated chlorospingus Chlorospingus canigularisTalamancan montane forests and northern Andes
Sooty-capped Bush-tanager.jpg Sooty-capped chlorospingus Chlorospingus pileatus Talamancan montane forests
Common bush tanager (Chlorospingus flavopectus regionalis).jpg Common chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectusmontane Neotropics
- Tacarcuna chlorospingus Chlorospingus tacarcunaePanama, including Cerro Tacarcuna
- Pirre chlorospingus Chlorospingus inornatus Cerro Pirre (eastern Panama)
Dusky Bush-Tanager - Ecuador S4E5699 (22856133227).jpg Dusky chlorospingus Chlorospingus 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.