Buthraupis
Appearance
Buthraupis | |
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Hooded mountain tanager, Buthraupis montana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Buthraupis Cabanis, 1850 |
Species | |
Buthraupis is a genus of South American birds in the tanager family. The two species are found in highland forest, woodland and shrub in the Andes and Santa Marta Mountains. They are among the largest tanagers, and both have a mainly yellow, blue and black plumage. As originally defined, the genus was polyphyletic, leading to two other species being moved to Cnemathraupis.[1]
Species list
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Hooded mountain tanager | Buthraupis montana | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela | |
Masked mountain tanager | Buthraupis wetmorei | southern Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru |
References
- ^ Sedano, R. E., & BURNS, K. J. (2010). Are the Northern Andes a species pump for Neotropical birds? Phylogenetics and biogeography of a clade of Neotropical tanagers (Aves: Thraupini). Journal of Biogeography 37: 325–343.