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Chlorophanes spiza spiza

Chlorophanes spiza spiza

Classification

Class
Aves

The green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. Taxonomy and systematics The green honeycreeper was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the name Motacilla spiza.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 1