Bangsia
Genus of birds
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Bangsia is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are native to humid forests in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Costa Rica.
| Bangsia | |
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| Blue-and-gold tanager, Bangsia arcaei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Bangsia Penard, 1919 |
| Type species | |
| Buthraupis caeruleigularis Ridgway, 1893 | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy and species list
The genus Bangsia was introduce in 1919 by the ornithologist Thomas Edward Penard with a subspecies of the blue-and-gold tanager Buthraupis arcaei caeruleigularis as the type. The genus name honours the American ornithologist Outram Bangs.[1] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Bangsia was sister to the genus Wetmorethraupis which contains only a single species, the orange-throated tanager.[2]
The genus contains six species:[3]
- Blue-and-gold tanager, Bangsia arcaei
- Black-and-gold tanager, Bangsia melanochlamys
- Golden-chested tanager, Bangsia rothschildi
- Moss-backed tanager, Bangsia edwardsi
- Gold-ringed tanager, Bangsia aureocincta
- Yellow-green tanager, Bangsia flavovirens
