Stilpnia

Stilpnia is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Many of these tanagers have a contrasting cap or hood and most have green or gold and throats.

Taxonomy and species list
These species were formerly placed in the genus Tangara. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Tangara was polyphyletic. In the rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the genus, Stilpnia, was erected with the black-headed tanager as the type species. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek στιλπνή/stilpni meaning "glittering" or "glistening".

The genus contains 14 species:
 * Black-headed tanager, Stilpnia cyanoptera
 * Silver-backed tanager, Stilpnia viridicollis
 * Sira tanager, Stilpnia phillipsi
 * Straw-backed tanager, Stilpnia argyrofenges
 * Black-capped tanager, Stilpnia heinei
 * Golden-hooded tanager, Stilpnia larvata
 * Blue-necked tanager, Stilpnia cyanicollis
 * Masked tanager, Stilpnia nigrocincta
 * Black-backed tanager, Stilpnia peruviana
 * Chestnut-backed tanager, Stilpnia preciosa
 * Green-capped tanager, Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei
 * Scrub tanager, Stilpnia vitriolina
 * Burnished-buff tanager, Stilpnia cayana
 * Lesser Antillean tanager, Stilpnia cucullata