Chrysothlypis

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.

Chrysothlypis
Scarlet-and-white tanager (Chrysothlypis salmoni) above
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Chrysothlypis
Berlepsch, 1912
Species

Chrysothlypis chrysomelas
Chrysothlypis salmoni

Species list

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Chrysothlypis chrysomelasBlack-and-yellow tanagerCosta Rica and Panama
Chrysothlypis salmoniScarlet-and-white tanagerColombia and northern Ecuador.


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