The black-chested mountain tanager (Cnemathraupis eximia) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
| Black-chested mountain tanager | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Cnemathraupis |
| Species: | C. eximia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cnemathraupis eximia (Boissonneau, 1840) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Buthraupis eximia | |
It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
This species was formerly included in the genus Buthraupis. When a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that Buthraupis was polyphyletic, the black-chested mountain tanager was moved to the resurrected genus Cnemathraupis.[2][3]
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