Poospizopsis
Appearance
Poospizopsis | |
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Rufous-sided warbling finch (Poospizopsis hypocondria) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Poospizopsis Berlepsch, 1893 |
Type species | |
Poospiza caesar Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869
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Species | |
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Poospizopsis is a genus of warbler-like tanagers. They are found in highland forest in South America.
Taxonomy and species list
A molecular phylogenetic study of the tanager family Thraupidae published in 2014 found that the genus Poospiza was polyphyletic.[1] In the subsequent reorganization two species from Poospiza were assigned to the resurrected genus Poospizopsis that had been introduced in 1893 by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch with the chestnut-breasted mountain finch as the type species.[2][3][4] The name of the genus combines Poospiza with the Ancient Greek opsis meaning "appearance".[5]
The two species now placed in the genus are:[4]
- Rufous-sided warbling finch, Poospizopsis hypocondria
- Chestnut-breasted mountain finch, Poospizopsis caesar
References
- ^ Burns, K.J.; Shultz, A.J.; Title, P.O.; Mason, N.A.; Barker, F.K.; Klicka, J.; Lanyon, S.M.; Lovette, I.J. (2014). "Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75: 41–77. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006.
- ^ Berlepsch, Hans von (1893). "On a remarkable new finch from the highlands of Bolivia". Ibis. 6th series. 5: 207–210 [208].
- ^ Burns, K.J.; Unitt, P.; Mason, N.A. (2016). "A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes)". Zootaxa. 4088 (3): 329–354. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 314. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.