Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus is a genus of perching birds, the bush tanagers, traditionally placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae). More recent studies which suggest they are closely related to the genus Arremonops in the Passerellidae (American sparrows). As of July, 2017, the American Ornithological Society assigns the genus to the new family Passerellidae, which contains the New World sparrows.[1]

Chlorospingus
Common bush tanager (C. flavopectus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passerellidae
Genus:	Chlorospingus Cabanis, 1851
Species
Around 10, see text

It contains these species:

• Ashy-throated bush tanager, C. canigularis
• Yellow-throated bush tanager, C. flavigularis
• Common bush tanager, C. flavopectus
  • Dusky-headed bush tanager, C. (flavopectus) postocularis
  • White-fronted bush tanager, C. (flavopectus) albifrons
  • Dwight's bush tanager, C. (flavopectus) dwighti
  • Wetmore's bush tanager, C. (flavopectus) wetmorei
• Pirre bush tanager, C. inornatus
• Yellow-whiskered bush tanager, C. parvirostris
• Sooty-capped bush tanager, C. pileatus
• Dusky bush tanager, C. semifuscus
• Tacarcuna bush tanager, C. tacarcunae

The taxonomy and systematics of the common bush tanager are under review; it appears to be a superspecies or even a complex of superspecies.[2][3][4]

References

1. R. Terry Chesser; Kevin J. Burns; Carla Cicero; Jon L. Dunn; Andrew W. Kratter; Irby J. Lovette; Pamela C. Rasmussen; J. V. Remsen, Jr.; James D. Rising; Douglas F. Stotz; Kevin Winker (2017). "Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds". Auk. 134: 751–773. doi:10.1642/AUK-17-72.1.
2. Peterson, A. Townsend; Escalante P., Patricia; Navarro-Sigüenza, Adolfo G. (1992). "Genetic variation and differentiation in Mexican populations of Common Bush-tanagers and Chestnut-capped Brush Finches" (PDF). The Condor. 94 (1): 244–253. doi:10.2307/1368813.
3. García-Moreno, Jaime; Navarro-Sigüenza, Adolfo G.; Peterson, A. Townsend; Sánchez-González, Luis A. (2004). "Genetic variation coincides with geographic structure in the common bush-tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus) complex from Mexico" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33 (1): 186–196. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.05.007. PMID 15324847. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-17.
4. Sánchez-González, Luis A.; Navarro-Sigüenza, Adolfo G.; Peterson, A. Townsend; García-Moreno, Jaime (2007). "Taxonomy of Chlorospingus ophthalmicus in Mexico and northern Central America" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 127 (1): 34–49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-21.