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Heterospingus
Scarlet-browed tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Heterospingus Ridgway, 1898
Type species
Tachyphonus rubrifrons Lawrence, 1865
Species
Heterospingus rubrifrons Heterospingus xanthopygius

Heterospingus is a small genus of medium-sized birds in the tanager family Thraupidae that are found in the forests of Central and South America.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Heterospingus was introduced in 1898 by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway with the sulphur-rumped tanager as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek heteros meaning "different" with spingos meaning "finch".

The genus contains two species:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Heterospingus rubrifrons	Sulphur-rumped tanager	Costa Rica and Panama.
	Heterospingus xanthopygius	Scarlet-browed tanager	Panama, Colombia and Ecuador

References

1. Ridgway, Robert (1898). "Descriptions of supposed new genera, species, and subspecies of American birds: I Fringillidae". The Auk. 15 (3): 223–230 . doi:10.2307/4068377. JSTOR 4068377.
2. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 287.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

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