| Thlypopsis | |
|---|---|
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| Rufous-chested tanager (above); andbuff-bellied tanager (below); illustration byJoseph Smit, 1886 | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Thlypopsis Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Nemosia fulvescens[1] =Nemosia sordida Strickland, 1844 | |
| Species | |
See text | |
Thlypopsis is agenus of birds in the tanager familyThraupidae.
The genusThlypopsis was introduced by the German ornithologistsJean Cabanis in 1851.[2] The name combines theAncient Greekthlupis, a word for an unknown small bird, andopsis meaning "appearance".[3] Thetype species was subsequently designated as theorange-headed tanager (Thlypopsis sordida).[4][5]
Thechestnut-headed tanager was formerly placed in the genusPyrrhocoma and thesuperciliaried hemispingus inHemispingus. Amolecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that these two species were embedded inThlypopsis.[6]
The genus contains eight species:[7]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Thlypopsis fulviceps | Fulvous-headed tanager | Serranía del Perijá, Cordillera de Mérida and Venezuelan Coastal Range. |
.jpg) | Thlypopsis inornata | Buff-bellied tanager | Peru and far southern Ecuador |
 | Thlypopsis sordida | Orange-headed tanager | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. |
 | Thlypopsis pyrrhocoma (formerly assigned toPyrrhocoma) | Chestnut-headed tanager | east Paraguay, northeast Argentina, and south Brazil |
 | Thlypopsis ruficeps | Rust-and-yellow tanager | Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru |
 | Thlypopsis superciliaris (formerly assigned toHemispingus) | Superciliaried hemispingus | northern Andes |
 | Thlypopsis ornata | Rufous-chested tanager | Ecuador, Peru and southwestern Colombia |
 | Thlypopsis pectoralis | Brown-flanked tanager | Peru |
