Hemithraupis
Rufous-headed tanager,Hemithraupis ruficapilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Hemithraupis Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Hylophilus ruficeps[1] =Nemosia ruficapilla zu Wied, 1831
Species
3, see text

Hemithraupis is a smallgenus ofpasserine birds in the tanager familyThraupidae found in the forests ofSouth America.

The genusHemithraupis was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologistJean Cabanis with therufous-headed tanager as thetype species.^[2][3] The genus name combines theAncient Greekhēmi meaning "half" or "small" withthraupis, an unknown small bird. In ornithologythraupis is used to denote a tanager.^[4]

GenusHemithraupis –Cabanis, 1851 – three species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Guira tanager Male Female	Hemithraupis guira (Linnaeus, 1766) Eight subspecies H. g. nigrigula (Boddaert, 1783) H. g. roraimae (Hellmayr, 1910) H. g. guirina (Sclater, PL, 1856) H. g. huambinaStolzmann, 1926 H. g. bolivianaZimmer, JT, 1947 H. g. amazonica Zimmer, JT, 1947 H. g. guira (Linnaeus, 1766) H. g. fosteri (Sharpe, 1905)	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Rufous-headed tanager Male Female	Hemithraupis ruficapilla (Vieillot, 1818)	Brazil	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Yellow-backed tanager Male Female	Hemithraupis flavicollis (Vieillot, 1818) Eleven subspecies H. f. flavicollis -(Vieillot, 1818) H. f. ornata -(Nelson, 1912) H. f. albigularis -(Sclater, 1855) H. f. peruana -(Bonaparte, 1851) H. f. aurigularis -(Cherrie, 1916) H. f. hellmayri -(Berlepsch, 1912) H. f. sororia -(Zimmer, 1947) H. f. centralis -(Hellmayr, 1907) H. f. obidensis -(Parkes,Humphrey, 1963) H. f. melanoxantha -(Lichtenstein, 1823) H. f. insignis -(Sclater, 1856)	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

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