Heterospingus

Heterospingus is a small genus of medium-sized birds in the tanager family Thraupidae that are found in the forests of Central and South America.

Heterospingus
Scarlet-browed tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Heterospingus Ridgway, 1898
Type species
Tachyphonus rubrifrons Lawrence, 1865
Species
Heterospingus rubrifrons Heterospingus xanthopygius

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Heterospingus was introduced in 1898 by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway with the sulphur-rumped tanager as the type species.^[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek heteros meaning "different" with spingos meaning "finch".^[3]

The genus contains two species:^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Heterospingus rubrifrons	Sulphur-rumped tanager	Costa Rica and Panama.
	Heterospingus xanthopygius	Scarlet-browed tanager	Panama, Colombia and Ecuador