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Cnemathraupis

Genus of birds

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Taxonomy and species list

These species were formerly included with the hooded mountain tanager in the genus Buthraupis. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that Buthraupis was polyphyletic. To create monophyletic genera, the black-chested mountain tanager and the golden-backed mountain tanager were moved to the resurrected genus Cnemathraupis that had been erected by Thomas Penard in 1919 with the black-chested mountain tanager as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek knēmē meaning "leg" or "shin" and thraupis, an unknown small bird. The genus is sister to the grass-green tanager in the monotypic genus Chlorornis.

The genus contains the two species:


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