Chlorochrysa

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Chlorochrysa
File:Orange-eared Tanager - South Ecuador S4E0690 (23250272415).jpg
Orange-eared tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea)
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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

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The genus Chlorochrysa was introduced in 1851 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[1] In a subsequent publication he designated the type species as the orange-eared tanager.[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek khlōros meaning "green" and khrusos meaning "gold".[4] The genus contains three species.[5]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
File:Glistening-green Tanager - Colombia S4E4590 (22954505840).jpg Chlorochrysa phoenicotis Glistening-green tanager Colombia and Ecuador.
File:Orange-eared Tanager - South Ecuador S4E0690 (23250272415).jpg Chlorochrysa calliparaea Orange-eared tanager Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
File:Multicolored tanager chicoral.jpg Chlorochrysa nitidissima Multicoloured tanager Colombia

References

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