Amaurospiza
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Genus: | Amaurospiza Cabanis, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Amaurospiza concolor Cabanis, 1861
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Amaurospiza is a genus of birds in the cardinal family Cardinalidae.
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Amaurospiza was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1861 with Cabanis's seedeater as the type species.[1][2] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek amauros, meaning "dusky", and σπίζα (spíza), a catch-all term for finch-like birds.[3][4]
This genus was formerly included in the tanager family Thraupidae. It was moved to the cardinal family Cardinalidae based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2007.[5][6]
The genus contains four species:[6]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Cabanis's seedeater | Amaurospiza concolor | southern Mexico and Central America | |
| Ecuadorian seedeater | Amaurospiza aequatorialis (formerly conspecific with A. concolor) | southwest Colombia through Ecuador to northern Peru | |
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Blackish-blue seedeater | Amaurospiza moesta | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay |
| Carrizal seedeater | Amaurospiza carrizalensis | northern Venezuela |
References
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1861). "Uebersicht der im Berliner Museum befindlichen Vögel von Costa Rica". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 9 (49): 1–11 [3].
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 150.
- ^ Bailly, Anatole (1981-01-01). Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français. Paris: Hachette. ISBN 978-2010035289. OCLC 461974285.
- ^ Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ Klicka, J.; Burns, K.; Spellman, G.M. (2007). "Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45 (3): 1014–1032. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.006.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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