''Chlorospingus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

perching bird A passerine () is any bird of the order Passeriformes (; from Latin 'sparrow' and '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds, passerines are distinguished from other orders of birds by ...

s, the bush tanagers, traditionally placed in the

tanager 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 ...

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

(Thraupidae). More recent studies which suggest they are closely related to the genus '' Arremonops'' in the

Passerellidae New World sparrows are a group of mainly New World passerine birds, forming the family Passerellidae. They are seed-eating birds with conical bills, brown or gray in color, and many species have distinctive head patterns. Although they share t ...

(American sparrows). As of July, 2017, the

American Ornithological Society The American Ornithological Society (AOS) is an ornithological organization based in the United States. The society was formed in October 2016 by the merger of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) and the Cooper Ornithological Society. Its m ...

assigns the genus to the new family

, which contains the New World sparrows. It contains these

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

: * Ashy-throated bush tanager, ''C. canigularis'' * Yellow-throated bush tanager, ''C. flavigularis'' * Common bush tanager, ''C. flavopectus'' ** Dusky-headed bush tanager, ''C. (flavopectus) postocularis'' ** White-fronted bush tanager, ''C. (flavopectus) albifrons'' ** Dwight's bush tanager, ''C. (flavopectus) dwighti'' ** Wetmore's bush tanager, ''C. (flavopectus) wetmorei'' * Pirre bush tanager, ''C. inornatus'' * Yellow-whiskered bush tanager, ''C. parvirostris'' * Sooty-capped bush tanager, ''C. pileatus'' * Dusky bush tanager, ''C. semifuscus'' * Tacarcuna bush tanager, ''C. tacarcunae'' The

taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

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

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q545285 Bird genera Taxa named by Jean Cabanis Taxonomy articles created by Polbot