Green Honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Green Honeycreeper
The Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Chlorophanes spiza
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Green Honeycreeper
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Chlorophanes spiza guatemalensis
- Chlorophanes spiza argutus
- Chlorophanes spiza exsul
- Chlorophanes spiza subtropicalis
- Chlorophanes spiza spiza
- Chlorophanes spiza caerulescens
- Chlorophanes spiza axillaris
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Motacilla Spiza
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- based on 'The Green Black-cap Fly-catcher' of Edwards, 1743, Nat. Hist. Birds, 1, p. 25, pi. 25, right fig. Surinam.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.188
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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