Yellow-green tanager

Yellow-green tanager
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Thraupidae
Genus:Bangsia
Species: B. flavovirens
Binomial name
Bangsia flavovirens
(Lawrence, 1867)
Synonyms

Chlorospingus flavovirens

The yellow-green tanager, formerly yellow-green bush tanager (Bangsia flavovirens) is a species of bird traditionally placed in the family Thraupidae, subsequently moved (with the rest of Chlorospingus) to Arremonops in the Passerellidae. Recent molecular analysis has discovered that this species may in fact be closer to Bangsia in Thraupidae.[2] It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Bangsia flavovirens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Avendaño, Jorge; Barker, F. Keith; Cadena, Carlos (2016). "The Yellow-green Bush-tanager is neither a bush-tanager nor a sparrow: Molecular phylogenetics reveals that Chlorospingus flavovirens is a tanager (Aves: Passeriformes; Thraupidae)". Zootaxa. 4136 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.7. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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