Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus
Common chlorospingus (C. flavopectus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Chlorospingus
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Chlorospingus leucophrys
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.

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.

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