Family Thraupidae
(tanagers and relatives)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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  Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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  Amniota (amniotes)
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  Class Reptilia (reptiles)
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  Diapsida (birds, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, and relatives)
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  Archosauria (birds and crocodiles)
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  Class Aves (birds)
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  Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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  Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
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  Order Passeriformes (perching birds)
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  Passerida
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  Muscicapoidea (thrushes, sparrows, and relatives)
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  Passeroidea (sparrows and relatives)
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  Family Thraupidae (tanagers and relatives)
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  Genus Anisognathus
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  Genus Bangsia
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  Genus Buthraupis
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  Genus Calochaetes
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  Genus Chlorochrysa
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  Genus Chlorophanes
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  Genus Chlorornis
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  Genus Chrysothlypis
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  Genus Cissopis
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  Genus Cnemoscopus
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  Genus Compsothraupis
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  Genus Conirostrum
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  Genus Conothraupis
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  Genus Creurgops
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  Genus Cyanerpes
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  Genus Cyanicterus
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  Genus Cypsnagra
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  Genus Dacnis
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  Genus Delothraupis
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  Genus Diglossa
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  Genus Dubusia
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  Genus Eucometis
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  Genus Hemispingus
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  Genus Hemithraupis
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  Genus Heterospingus
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  Genus Iridophanes
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  Genus Iridosornis
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  Genus Lamprospiza
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  Genus Lanio
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  Genus Mitrospingus
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  Genus Nemosia
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  Genus Neothraupis
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  Genus Nephelornis
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  Genus Orchesticus
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  Genus Oreomanes
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  Genus Orthogonys
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  Genus Pipraeidea
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  Genus Pyrrhocoma
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  Genus Ramphocelus
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  Genus Schistochlamys
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  Genus Sericossypha
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  Genus Stephanophorus
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  Genus Tachyphonus
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  Genus Tangara
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  Genus Tersina
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  Genus Thlypopsis
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  Genus Thraupis
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  Genus Trichothraupis
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  Genus Wetmorethraupis
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  Genus Xenodacnis