''Calyptophilus'' is a genus of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...

formerly placed in the family

Thraupidae The tanagers (singular ) comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has a Neotropical distribution and is the second-largest family of birds. It represents about 4% of all avian species and 12% of the Neotropica ...

. The group was found to be distinct enough to be placed in its own family, Calyptophilidae. Established by Charles Barney Cory in 1884, it contains the following species: * Western chat-tanager, ''Calyptophilus tertius'' * Eastern chat-tanager, ''Calyptophilus frugivorus'' These two species were formerly considered conspecific under ''C. frugivorus'' (with the common name of chat tanager). The name ''Calyptophilus'' comes from the

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words ''kaluptēs'', meaning "hider" (derived from ''kaluptō'', meaning "to cover") and ''philos'', meaning "loving" (derived from ''phileō'', meaning "to love").

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q857654 Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the West Indies Bird genera Taxa named by Charles B. Cory Taxonomy articles created by Polbot