Stilpnia | |
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Black-capped tanager (Stilpnia heinei) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Stilpnia Burns, KJ, Unitt & Mason, NA, 2016 |
Type species | |
Aglaia cyanoptera Swainson, 1834
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Species | |
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Stilpnia is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
Many of these tanagers have a contrasting cap or hood and most have green or gold ear-coverts and throats.[1]
These species were formerly placed in the genus Tangara. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Tangara was polyphyletic.[2] In the rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the genus, Stilpnia, was erected with the black-headed tanager as the type species. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek στιλπνή/stilpni meaning "glittering" or "glistening".[1]
The genus contains 14 species:[3]