| Chlorospingus | |
|---|---|
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| 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[1] Cabanis, 1851 | |
| Species | |
Around 10, see text | |
Chlorospingus is agenus ofperching birds, the bush tanagers, traditionally placed in thetanagerfamily (Thraupidae). More recent studies which suggest they are closely related to the genusArremonops in thePasserellidae (American sparrows). As of July, 2017, theAmerican Ornithological Society assigns the genus to the new familyPasserellidae, which contains the New World sparrows.[2]
It contains the followingspecies:
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Yellow-throated chlorospingus | Chlorospingus flavigularis | northern Andes |
 | Yellow-whiskered chlorospingus | Chlorospingus parvirostris | northern Andes |
_(14144366981).jpg) | Ashy-throated chlorospingus | Chlorospingus canigularis | Talamancan montane forests and northern Andes |
 | Sooty-capped chlorospingus | Chlorospingus pileatus | Talamancan montane forests |
.jpg) | Common chlorospingus | Chlorospingus flavopectus | montane Neotropics |
| - | Tacarcuna chlorospingus | Chlorospingus tacarcunae | Panama, includingCerro Tacarcuna |
| - | Pirre chlorospingus | Chlorospingus inornatus | Cerro Pirre (eastern Panama) |
.jpg) | Dusky chlorospingus | Chlorospingus semifuscus | western slope of Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes |
Thetaxonomy andsystematics of the common bush tanager are under review; it appears to be asuperspecies or even a complex of superspecies.[3][4][5]