Black-chested mountain tanager
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The black-chested mountain tanager (Cnemathraupis eximia) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
Black-chested mountain tanager | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Cnemathraupis |
Species: | C. eximia |
Binomial name | |
Cnemathraupis eximia (Boissonneau, 1840) | |
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Synonyms | |
Buthraupis eximia |
It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

This species was formerly included in the genus Buthraupis. When a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that Buthraupis was polyphyletic, the black-chested mountain tanager was moved to the resurrected genus Cnemathraupis.[2][3]
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