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 ear-coverts 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".
