Chrysothlypis

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Chrysothlypis
Scarlet-and-white tanager (Chrysothlypis salmoni)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Chrysothlypis
Berlepsch, 1912
Type species
Tachyphonus chrysomelas
Sclater & Salvin, 1869
Species

Chrysothlypis chrysomelas
Chrysothlypis salmoni

Chrysothlypis is a small genus of tanagers found in humid forests of southern Central America and the Chocó in South America. The males of these small birds are strikingly yellow and black or red and white, while the females are much duller.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Chrysothlypis was introduced in 1912 by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch with the black-and-yellow tanager as the type species.[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek khrusos meaning "gold" with thlupis, an unknown bird.[3]

The genus contains two species:[4]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Chrysothlypis chrysomelas Black-and-yellow tanager Costa Rica and Panama
Chrysothlypis salmoni Scarlet-and-white tanager Colombia and northern Ecuador.

References

  1. ^ Berlepsch, Hans von (1912). "Revision der Tanagriden". In Schalow, Herman (ed.). Verhandlungen des V. Internationalen Ornithologen-Kongresses in Berlin 30 Mai bis 4 Juni 1910 (in German). Berlin: Deutsche Ornithologische Gesellschaft. pp. 1001–1161 [1080].
  2. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 275.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 November 2020.