Biology:Chrysothlypis
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Chrysothlypis | |
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| Scarlet-and-white tanager (Chrysothlypis salmoni) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Chrysothlypis Berlepsch, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Tachyphonus chrysomelas Sclater & Salvin, 1869
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| Species | |
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Chrysothlypis chrysomelas | |
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 |
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Chrysothlypis chrysomelas | Black-and-yellow tanager | Costa Rica and Panama |
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Chrysothlypis salmoni | Scarlet-and-white tanager | Colombia and northern Ecuador. |
References
- ↑ Berlepsch, Hans von (1912). "Revision der Tanagriden". in Schalow, Herman (in German). Verhandlungen des V. Internationalen Ornithologen-Kongresses in Berlin 30 Mai bis 4 Juni 1910. Berlin: Deutsche Ornithologische Gesellschaft. pp. 1001–1161 [1080]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32627733.
- ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 275. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483510.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/tanagers/. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q867090 entry
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