Chlorophanes spiza

Chlorophanes spiza ♂, Costa Rica

Chlorophanes spiza ♀, Cali, Valle, Colombia

Chlorophanes spiza - distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Passeroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Infraclassis: Aves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerida Superfamilia: Passeroidea

Familia: Thraupidae
Genus: Chlorophanes
Species: Chlorophanes spiza
Subspecies: C. s. arguta – C. s. axillaris – C. s. caerulescens – C. s. exsul – C. s. guatemalensis – C. s. spiza – C. s. subtropicalis

Dubious taxon or synonym: C. s. purpurascens

Name

Chlorophanes spiza (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Type locality: Suriname

Synonyms

• Motacilla spiza (protonym)
• Coereba atricapilla Vieillot, 1817

Vernacular names

English: Green honeycreeper
español: Mielerito verde
magyar: Zöld cukormadár
português: Saí-verde

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 [first availability: page 188] BHL Reference page. 

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