Chlorochrysa

Chlorochrysa is a genus of small colourful Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Chlorochrysa
Orange-eared tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Chlorochrysa Bonaparte, 1851
Type species
Callospiza calliparaea Tschudi, 1844
Species
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Taxonomy and species list

The genus Chlorochrysa was introduced in 1851 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.^[1] In a subsequent publication he designated the type species as the orange-eared tanager.^[2][3] The name combines the Ancient Greek khlōros meaning "green" and khrusos meaning "gold".^[4] The genus contains three species.^[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Chlorochrysa phoenicotis	Glistening-green tanager	Colombia and Ecuador.
	Chlorochrysa calliparaea	Orange-eared tanager	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
	Chlorochrysa nitidissima	Multicoloured tanager	Colombia