Haplospiza
| Haplospiza | |
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| Slaty finch (male) with leucistic tail. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Haplospiza Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Haplospiza unicolor Cabanis, 1851 | |
| Species | |
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Haplospiza is a small genus of birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. Formerly classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae. Its two members breed in subtropical or tropical moist forest in Central and South America. They are often associated with bamboo.
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Haplospiza was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the uniform finch as the type species.[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek haploos meaning "plain" with spiza meaning "finch".[3]
The genus contains two species:[4]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Slaty finch | Haplospiza rustica | Central America and the northern Andes. |
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Uniform finch | Haplospiza unicolor | Brazil, Paraguay and far northeastern Argentina |
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that H. unicolor and H. rustica are not sister species.[5]
References
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 147.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 109–110.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2014MolPE..75...41B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID 24583021.
External links
- BirdLife International 2004. Haplospiza unicolor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
- BirdLife International 2004. Haplospiza rustica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.