Systematics

Cichlopsis chubbi Chapman, 1924, American Museum Novitates no. 138 p. 15.—Mindo, Huila, western Ecuador (15 Chapman, F. M. (1924). Descriptions of new birds from Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. American Museum Novitates 138:1–16. Close ).

Western slope of the Western Andes in southwest Colombia (16 Strewe, R. (2000). Las aves y la importancia de la conservación de la Reserva Natural El Pangán, Nariño, en el suroeste de Colombia. Boletín de la Sociedad Antioqueña de Ornitología 11:56–65. Close , 17 Ayerbe-Quiñones, F., J. López, M. F. González, F. Estela, M. B. Ramírez, J. V. Sandoval, and L. G. Gómez (2008). Aves del departamento del Cauca - Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9:77–132. Close , 18 Calderón-Leytón, J. J., C. F. Paí, A. Cabrera-Finley, and Y. R. Mora (2011). Aves del departamento de Nariño, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 12:31–116. Close ) and northwestern Ecuador in Esmeraldas and Pichincha (19 Chapman, F. M. (1926). Distribution of bird-life in Ecuador: a contribution to a study of the origin of Andean bird-life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 55. Close , 20 Jahn, O., and P. Mena-Valenzuela (2006). Status and Ecology of the Cerulean Warbler Dendroica cerulea in Northwestern Ecuador. Nature Conservancy, Quito, Ecuador. Close , 21 Jahn, O. (2011). Bird communities of the Ecuadorian Chocó: A case study in conservation. Bonner Zoologische Monographien 56:1–514. Close ).

Subspecies chubbi differs from nominate leucogenys in its darker chestnut throat, chestnut-tinged versus pale gray belly, and rich chestnut undertail coverts (1 Clement, P., and R. Hathway (2000). Thrushes. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ).

Cichlopsis leucogenys peruvianus Hellmayr, 1930, Novitates Zoologicae 35 p. 265.—Perene, Dept. Junin, Peru (22 Hellmayr, C. E. (1930). On two undescribed Neotropical birds. Novitates Zoologicae 35:265–267 Close ).

Local in Huánuco, Pasco, and Junín on the eastern slope of the Andes in Peru (23 Mee, A., J. Ohlson, I. Stewart, M. Wilson, P. Örn, and F. Diaz (2002). The Cerros del Sira revisited: birds of submontane and montane forest. Cotinga 18:46–57. Close , 24 Socolar, S. J., O. González, and G. Forero-Medina (2013). Noteworthy bird records from the northern Cerros del Sira, Peru. Cotinga 35:26–38. Close ).

Subspecies peruviana is most similar to chubbi, differing from chubbi by its pale rufous-tinged ochre throat, blackish lores, pale tawny lower breast, and vague pale rufous pre-ocular supercilium and eye-ring (1 Clement, P., and R. Hathway (2000). Thrushes. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ).

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Cichlopsis gularis Salvin and Godman, 1882, Ibis (4) 6 (21) p. 76.—Merume Mountains, British Guiana [= Guyana] (25 Salvin, O., and F. D. Godman (1882). VI.—Notes on birds from British Guiana. Ibis 6:76–84. Close ).

Tepuis (mesas) of southeastern Venezuela (26 Chapman, F. C. (1931). The upper zonal birdlife of Mts. Roraima and Duida. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 63:1-135. Close , 27 Chapman, F. M. (1939). The upper zonal birds of Mt. Auyan-tepui, Venezuela. American Museum Novitates 1051:1-15. Close , 28 Gilliard, E. T. (1941). The birds of Mt. Auyan-Tepui, Venezuela. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 77:439–508. Close , 29 Phelps, W. H., and W. H. Phelps, Jr. (1950). Lista de las Aves de Venezuela con su Distribución. Parte 2. Passeriformes. Boletín de la Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales 12(75):1–427. Close ), Guyana (30 Milensky, C. M., M. B. Robbins, J. R. Saucier, B. J. O’Shea, A. Radosavljevic, T. J. Davis, and M. Pierre (2016). Notes on breeding birds from the Guyana highlands with new records from a recent inventory of Mount Ayanganna. Cotinga 38:64–78. Close ), and western Suriname (31 Donahue, P. K. and J. E. Pierson (1982). Birds of Suriname: an Annotated Checklist. South Harpswell, Maine, USA. Close , 32 Zyskowski, K., J. C. Mittermeier, O. Ottema, M. Rakovic, B. J. O’Shea, J. E. Lai, S. B. Hochgraf, J. de León, and K. Au (2011). Avifauna of the easternmost tepui, Tafelberg in central Suriname. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 52(1):153–180. Close ).

Subspecies gularis differs from nominate leucogenys in its much paler (buffy ochre versus dull chestnut) throat, paler brown breastband, and milky rufous versus olive-tinged pale gray undertail coverts. From chubbi it differs in its buffy ochre throat; paler gray underparts, and its much paler milky-rufous undertail coverts. Subspecies gularis differs from peruviana in its slightly more rufous but narrower pale throat patch that is bordered by darker brown malars, its grayish versus buffy-brown belly, and its pale undertail coverts (1 Clement, P., and R. Hathway (2000). Thrushes. Christopher Helm, London, UK. Close ).

Cichlopsis leucogenys Cabanis, 1851, Museum Heineanum 1 p. 54.—Brazil (33 Cabanis, J. L. (1851). Museum Heinaenum. Vol. 1. D. F: Mexico. Close ).

Nominate subspecies. Endemic to southeastern Brazil in Bahia, Minas Gerais, and Espírito Santo (34 Hellmayr, C. E. (1915). Ein kleiner Beitrag zur Ornithologie des Staates Espirito Santo, Südostbrasilien. Verhandlungen der Ornithologischen Gesellschaft Bayern 12:126–159. Close , 35 Lima, J. L. (1920). Aves colligidas no Estado de S. Paulo, Mato-Grosso e Bahia, com algumas novas formas. Revista do Museu Paulista 12:91-106. Close , 36 Ruschi, A. (1953e). Lista das aves do estado do Espírito Santo. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Profesor Mello Leitão, Série Zoologia 11:1–21. Close , 37 Ribon, R., G. T. Mattos, E. Ribeiro Luiz, F. C. Morais, R. N. Andrade, F. C. Resende, F. Melo, A. G. Chiarello, and C. R. M. Abreu (2004). Avifauna da floresta ombrófila densa do vale do Jequituinhonha, nordeste de Minas Gerais. In Resumos XII Congreso Brasileiro de Ornitologia. Universidade Regional de Blumenau, Blumenau, Brazil. pp. 345. In Portuguese. Close , 38 Silveira, L. F., P. F. Develey, J. F. Pacheco, and B. M. Whitney (2005). Avifauna of the Serra das Lontras–Javi montane complex, Bahia, Brazil. Cotinga 24:45–54. Close ).

Described in Plumages.