Yellow-green bush tanager

Yellow-green bush tanager
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: see text
Genus: Chlorospingus
Species: C. flavovirens
Binomial name
Chlorospingus flavovirens
(Lawrence, 1867)

The yellow-green bush tanager (Chlorospingus flavovirens) is a species of bird traditionally placed in the family Thraupidae, but perhaps closer to Arremonops in the Emberizidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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