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 in 2016 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 15 species: Black-headed tanager, Stilpnia cyanoptera Black-hooded tanager, Stilpnia whitelyi (split from 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
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