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MITROSPINGIDAE - Aberrant Tanagers1 (3:4)
LAMPROSPIZA Cabanis, 1847 F - Psaris habia Lesson, 1831; type by original designation = Saltator melanoleucus Vieillot, 1817  
Lamprospiza melanoleuca   (Vieillot, 1817) Red-billed Pied Tanager
vThe Guianas, C and E Brazil (E Amazonas, Pará to N Mato Grosso) E Peru (E of Andes), N Bolivia (Beni)
MITROSPINGUS Ridgway, 1898 M - Tachyphonus cassinii Lawrence, 1861; type by original designation   
Mitrospingus cassinii Dusky-faced Tanager
costaricensis Todd, 1922 vCaribbean lowlands of Costa Rica, NW Panama
cassinii (Lawrence, 1861) iE Panama, W Colombia (Chocó, Caldas to Nariño), W Ecuador (to Guayas)
Mitrospingus oleagineus Olive-backed Tanager
obscuripectus J.T. Zimmer & W.H. Phelps, Sr., 19452 iSE Venezuela (SE Bolívar), N Brazil (Uei-tepui)
oleagineus (Salvin, 1886) vSE Venezuela (SE Bolívar), W Guyana
ORTHOGONYS Strickland, 1844 M - Tanagra viridis von Spix, 1825; type by original designation = Tachyphonus chloricterus Vieillot, 1819  
Orthogonys chloricterus   (Vieillot, 1819) Olive-green Tanager
iSE Brazil (Espírito Santo to E Santa Catarina)
1 For recognition and circumscription of this family see Barker et al. (2013) [Barker, 2013 #14348].
2 Doubtfully diagnosable; see Hilty (2011) [Hilty, 2011 #13517].
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