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Common Bush Tanager

Chlorospingus flavopectus · Family Passerellidae

Chlorospingus flavopectus

Family Passerellidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Passerellidae
GBIF occurrence records
208,004
Countries and territories with records
18
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About this species

This species has 208,004 occurrence records from 18 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Costa Rica (42.3%), Colombia (12.5%), Mexico (10.9%), Guatemala (8.2%) and Panama (5.1%); together they account for 79% of the total. In Costa Rica, this species accounts for 0.34% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Chlorospingus flavopectus combines the genus name Chlorospingus with the species epithet flavopectus. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Chlorospingus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Chlorospingus flavigularis, Chlorospingus pileatus and Chlorospingus semifuscus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 129 species of the family Passerellidae. This species ranks 28th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Melospiza melodia. Its record count is 25.7% of the family average (810,852). The family Passerellidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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