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Olive-green Tanager
Orthogonys chloricterus (Vieillot, 1819)
Mitrospingidae — Mitrospingid Tanagers
Olive-green Tanager, Orthogonys chloricterus, is a bird of southeastern Brazil, where it is confined to humid montane forest in the interior and along the edges. It is the only member of its genus and belongs to the Mitrospingidae, a family of passerines. The species occurs from Espírito Santo south to eastern Santa Catarina and north-eastern Rio Grande do Sul, at 900 to 1,800 m. It is 18 to 19 cm long. Adults are olive green above and dull yellow below, with olive tones on the sides and flanks.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Mitrospingidae — Mitrospingid Tanagers
- Breeding range
- South America: se Brazil
