Cnemathraupis
| Cnemathraupis | |
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| Black-chested mountain tanager, (Cnemathraupis eximia) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Cnemathraupis Penard, 1919 |
Cnemathraupis is a small genus of mountain tanagers found in forest and woodland in the Andes of South America. The two species are uncommon and relatively large tanagers with a contrasting blue, yellow and black plumage (golden-backed mountain tanager also has some brown; black-chested mountain tanager some green). They were formerly included in Buthraupis, but were moved to avoid having a polyphyletic genus.[1]
Species list
- Black-chested mountain tanager, Cnemathraupis eximia
- Golden-backed mountain tanager, Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis
References
- ^ Sedano, R.E.; Burns, K.J. (2010). "Are the Northern Andes a species pump for Neotropical birds? Phylogenetics and biogeography of a clade of Neotropical tanagers (Aves: Thraupini)". Journal of Biogeography. 37: 325–343.