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Chlorospingus

Genus of birds

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Taxonomy

The genus Chlorospingus was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis to accommodate a single species, Chlorospingus leucophrys Cabanis. This scientific name is a junior synonym of Arremon ophthalmicus Du Busde Gisignies, 1847, which is now treated as a subspecies of Chlorospingus flavopectus, the common chlorospingus. The genus name Chlorospingus combined the Ancient Greek χλωρος/khlōros meaning "green" with σπινος/spinos a small bird found in Greece, perhaps a chaffinch.

The genus contains the following eight species:

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

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