Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus is a genus of perching birds, the bush tanagers, traditionally placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae). More recent studies which suggest they are closely related to the genus Arremonops in the Passerellidae (American sparrows). As of July, 2017, the American Ornithological Society assigns the genus to the new family Passerellidae, which contains the New World sparrows.^[2]

Chlorospingus
Common chlorospingus (C. flavopectus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Passerellidae
Genus:	Chlorospingus Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Chlorospingus leucophrys[1] Cabanis, 1851
Species
Around 10, see text

It contains the following species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
-	Yellow-throated chlorospingus	Chlorospingus flavigularis	northern Andes
	Yellow-whiskered chlorospingus	Chlorospingus parvirostris	northern Andes
	Ashy-throated chlorospingus	Chlorospingus canigularis	Talamancan montane forests and northern Andes
	Sooty-capped chlorospingus	Chlorospingus pileatus	Talamancan montane forests
	Common chlorospingus	Chlorospingus flavopectus	montane Neotropics
-	Tacarcuna chlorospingus	Chlorospingus tacarcunae	Panama, including Cerro Tacarcuna
-	Pirre chlorospingus	Chlorospingus inornatus	Cerro Pirre (eastern Panama)
	Dusky chlorospingus	Chlorospingus semifuscus	western slope of Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes

The taxonomy and systematics of the common bush tanager are under review; it appears to be a superspecies or even a complex of superspecies.^[3][4][5]