Nemosia

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Nemosia
Hooded tanager, Nemosia pileata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Nemosia Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Tanagra pileata Boddaert, 1783
Species
Nemosia pileata Nemosia rourei

Nemosia is a genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the hooded tanager as the type species.^[1][2] The name Nemosia is from the Ancient Greek nemos meaning "glade" or "dell".^[3]

Species

The genus contains two species:^[4]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Nemosia pileata	Hooded tanager	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
	Nemosia rourei	Cherry-throated tanager	Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo, Brazil

References

1. Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 32.
2. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 276.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "New World warblers, mitrospingid tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 October 2019.