Emberizoides

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Emberizoides
Emberizoides ypiranganus -Argentina-6.jpg
Lesser grass finch (Emberizoides ypiranganus)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Emberizoides
Temminck, 1822
Type species
Sylvia herbicola
Vieillot, 1817
Species
  • Emberizoides herbicola
  • Emberizoides duidae
  • Emberizoides ypiranganus

Emberizoides is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in grassy areas in Central and South America.

Taxonomy and species list[]

The genus Emberizoides was introduced in 1822 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.[1] The type species was later designated as the wedge-tailed grass finch by George Robert Gray.[2][3] The genus name combines the bunting genus Emberiza introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 with the Ancient Greek -oidēs meaning "resembling".[4] This genus was traditionally placed with the buntings and New World sparrows in the subfamily Emberizinae within an expanded family Emberizidae.[3] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Emberizoides was embedded in the tanager family Thraupidae. Within this family, the genus is now placed with Embernagra and Coryphaspiza in the subfamily Emberizoidinae.[5][6]

The genus contains three species:[6]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Emberizoides herbicola -Piraju, Brasil -nature reserve-8a.jpg Wedge-tailed grass finch Emberizoides herbicola Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela
Duida grass finch Emberizoides duidae Venezuela
Emberizoides ypiranganus -Argentina-6.jpg Lesser grass finch Emberizoides ypiranganus Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay

References[]

  1. ^ Temminck, Coenraad Jacob (1838). Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon (in French). Volume 3. Paris: F.G. Levrault. Plate 114 with text (Livraison 19). |volume= has extra text (help) The title page is dated 1838 but the 5 volumes were originally issued in 102 livraison (parts) between 1820 and 1839. For a discussion of the dates see: Dickinson, E.C. (2001). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 9. The Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées of Temminck & Laugier (1820–1839)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 335: 7–53.
  2. ^ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 43.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 129. |volume= has extra text (help)
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Jump up to: 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 20 November 2020.


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