Chlorospingus
| Chlorospingus | |
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| Common Bush-tanager (C. ophtalmicus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Suborder: | Passeri |
| Infraorder: | Passerida |
| Superfamily: | Passeroidea |
| Family: | See text |
| Genus: | Chlorospingus Cabanis, 1851 |
| Species | |
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Around 10, see text | |
Chlorospingus, the bush-tanagers, are a genus of perching birds traditionally placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae). This seems in error according to more recent studies, which suggest that they are closely related to the genus Arremonops in the Emberizidae (buntings and American sparrows). Considering this, bush-tanager is arguably better replaced by chlorospingus, but this has yet to be proposed.
It contains the following species:
- Short-billed Chlorospingus / Yellow-whiskered Bush-Tanager, Chlorospingus parvirostris
- Yellow-throated Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus flavigularis
- Ashy-throated Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus canigularis
- Sooty-capped Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus pileatus
- Wetmore's Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus wetmorei
- White-fronted Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus albifrons
- Brown-headed Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
- Dwight's Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus dwighti
- Dusky-headed Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus postocularis
- Dotted Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus punctulatus
- Common Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus venezuelanus
- Buff-breasted Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus cinereocephalus
- Tacarcuna Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus tacarcunae
- Pirre Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus inornatus
- Yellow-breasted Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Dusky Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus semifuscus
The taxonomy and systematics of the "Common Bush-tanager" are under review; it appears to be a superspecies or even a complex of superspecies.[1]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Peterson et al. (1992), García-Moreno et al. (2004), Sánchez-González et al. (2007)
References[edit]
- 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. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 33(1): 186–196. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.007 PDF fulltext
- 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. The Condor 94(1): 244–253. doi:10.2307/1368813 PDF fulltext
- 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. Bull. B.O.C. 127(1): 34-49. PDF fulltext
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