Genus of birds
Cnemathraupis genus of mountain tanagers found in forest and woodland in the Andes of South America. The two species are uncommon and relatively large tanagers with a contrasting blue, yellow and black plumage (golden-backed mountain tanager also has some brown; black-chested mountain tanager some green).
Taxonomy and species list
These species were formerly included with the hooded mountain tanager in the genus Buthraupis molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that Buthraupis was polyphyletic .[ 1] monophyletic genera, the black-chested mountain tanager and the golden-backed mountain tanager were moved to the resurrected genus Cnemathraupis that had been erected by Thomas Penard in 1919 with the black-chested mountain tanager as the type species .[ 2] [ 3] Ancient Greek knēmē meaning "leg" or "shin" and thraupis , an unknown small bird.[ 4] sister to the grass-green tanager in the monotypic genus Chlorornis [ 5]
The genus contains the two species:[ 3]
Genus Cnemathraupis – Penard , 1919
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Black-chested mountain tanager
Cnemathraupis eximia (Boissonneau, 1840)
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Size : Habitat : Diet :
LC
Golden-backed mountain tanager
Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis (Blake & Hocking, 1974)
central Peru
Size : Habitat : Diet :
EN
References
^ Sedano, Raul E.; Burns, Kevin J. (2010). "Are the Northern Andes a species pump for Neotropical birds? Phylogenetics and biogeography of a clade of Neotropical tanagers (Aves: Thraupini)". Journal of Biogeography . 37 (2): 325– 343. Bibcode :2010JBiog..37..325S . doi :10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02200.x . S2CID 53063036 . ^ Penard, Thomas E. (1919). "Revision of the genus Buthraupis Cabanis" . Auk . 36 (4): 536–540 [538]. doi :10.2307/4073348 JSTOR 4073348 . ^ a b Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies" . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 October 2020 .^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 ^ Burns, K.J.; Shultz, A.J.; Title, P.O.; Mason, N.A.; Barker, F.K.; Klicka, J.; Lanyon, S.M.; Lovette, I.J. (2014). "Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds" Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 75 : 41– 77. Bibcode :2014MolPE..75...41B . doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006 . PMID 24583021 .
