Stilpnia
Genus of birds
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Stilpnia is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
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| Stilpnia | |
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| Black-capped tanager (Stilpnia heinei) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Stilpnia Burns, KJ, Unitt & Mason, NA, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Aglaia cyanoptera Swainson, 1834 | |
| Species | |
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Many of these tanagers have a contrasting cap or hood and most have green or gold ear-coverts and throats.[1]
Taxonomy and species list
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 in 2016 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 15 species:[3]
- Black-headed tanager, Stilpnia cyanoptera
- Black-hooded tanager, Stilpnia whitelyi (split from Stilpnia cyanoptera)
- Silver-backed tanager, Stilpnia viridicollis
- Sira tanager, Stilpnia phillipsi
- Straw-backed tanager, Stilpnia argyrofenges
- Black-capped tanager, Stilpnia heinei
- Golden-hooded tanager, Stilpnia larvata
- Blue-necked tanager, Stilpnia cyanicollis
- Masked tanager, Stilpnia nigrocincta
- Black-backed tanager, Stilpnia peruviana
- Chestnut-backed tanager, Stilpnia preciosa
- Green-capped tanager, Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei
- Scrub tanager, Stilpnia vitriolina
- Burnished-buff tanager, Stilpnia cayana
- Lesser Antillean tanager, Stilpnia cucullata
