Chlorospingus
| Chlorospingus | |
|---|---|
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| Common bush tanager (C. flavopectus) | |
| 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 to be 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:
- Common bush tanager, Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Dusky-headed bush tanager, Chlorospingus (flavopectus) postocularis
- White-fronted bush tanager, Chlorospingus (flavopectus) albifrons
- Dwight's bush tanager, Chlorospingus (flavopectus) dwighti
- Wetmore's bush tanager, Chlorospingus (flavopectus) wetmorei
- Tacarcuna bush tanager, Chlorospingus tacarcunae
- Pirre bush tanager, Chlorospingus inornatus
- Dusky bush tanager, Chlorospingus semifuscus
- Sooty-capped bush tanager, Chlorospingus pileatus
- Yellow-whiskered bush tanager, Chlorospingus parvirostris
- Yellow-throated bush tanager, Chlorospingus flavigularis
- Yellow-green bush tanager, Chlorospingus flavovirens
- Ashy-throated bush tanager, Chlorospingus canigularis
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][2][3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33 (1): 186–196. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.007.
- ↑ 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". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 127 (1): 34–49.