Chlorochrysa

Chlorochrysa
Orange-eared tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea)
Scientific classification Edit this 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. In a subsequent publication he designated the type species as the orange-eared tanager. The name combines the Ancient Greek khlōros meaning "green" and khrusos meaning "gold". The genus contains three species.

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Chlorochrysa phoenicotisGlistening-green tanagerColombia and Ecuador.
Chlorochrysa calliparaeaOrange-eared tanagerBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
Chlorochrysa nitidissimaMulticoloured tanagerColombia

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.