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Schistochlamys | |
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Black-faced tanager (S. melanopis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Schistochlamys Reichenbach, 1850 |
Type species | |
Tanagara capistrata Wied-Neuwied, 1821
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Species | |
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Schistochlamys is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
The genus Schistochlamys was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1][2] The type species is a subspecies of the cinnamon tanager with the trinomial Schistochlamys ruficapillus capistrata.[3][4][5] The genus name combines the Late Latin schistus meaning "slate" and the Ancient Greek khlamus meaning "mantle" or "cloak".[6]
The genus contains two species:[5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Schistochlamys ruficapillus | Cinnamon tanager | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. | |
Schistochlamys melanopis | Black-faced tanager | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |