Chlorothraupis

Chlorothraupis is a genus of bird in the family Cardinalidae. It was long considered to be a member of the tanager family (Thraupidae), as their common names suggest, but this is false.^[1] They are close relatives of the genus Habia, the "ant-tanagers".

Chlorothraupis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cardinalidae
Genus:	Chlorothraupis Salvin & Godman, 1883
Type species
Phoenicothraupis carmioli Lawrence, 1868

Species

The genus contains the following four species:^[2]

Genus Chlorothraupis – Salvin & Godman, 1883 – four species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Carmiol's tanager	Chlorothraupis carmioli (Lawrence, 1868) Three subspecies C. c. carmioli (Lawrence, 1868) C. c. magnirostris Griscom, 1927 C. c. lutescens Griscom, 1927	Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and far north-western Colombia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Yellow-lored tanager	Chlorothraupis frenata (Berlepsch, 1907)	Colombia, Peru, Bolivia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Lemon-spectacled tanager	Chlorothraupis olivacea (Cassin, 1860)	Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Ochre-breasted tanager	Chlorothraupis stolzmanni (Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884)	Colombia and Ecuador	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC