Schistochlamys

Schistochlamys is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Schistochlamys
Black-faced tanager (S. melanopis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Schistochlamys L. Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Tanagara capistrata Wied-Neuwied, 1821
Species
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Taxonomy and species list

The genus Schistochlamys was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1][2] The type species is a subspecies of the cinnamon tanager with the trinomial Schistochlamys ruficapillus capistrata.[3][4][5] The genus name combines the Late Latin schistus meaning "slate" and the Ancient Greek khlamus meaning "mantle" or "cloak".[6]

The genus contains two species:[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Schistochlamys ruficapillus	Cinnamon tanager	Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
	Schistochlamys melanopis	Black-faced tanager	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

References

1. Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale (in German). Abt. 2 Bd. 1 [Plates]. Dresden and Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. Plate LXXVII.
2. Anonymous (2002). "Opinion 2004 (Case 3167). Schistochlamys Reichenbach, 1850, and Neothraupis Hellmayr, 1936 (Aves, Passeriformes): conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 59 (2): 151–152.
3. Sclater, P.L. (1886). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Fringilliformes: Part 2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Volume 11. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 301.
4. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 247.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
6. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 350. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.