Bangsia

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
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