Hemithraupis
Hemithraupis | |
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Rufous-headed tanager, Hemithraupis ruficapilla | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Hemithraupis Cabanis, 1850 |
Type species | |
Nemosia ruficapilla Vieillot, 1818)
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Species | |
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Hemithraupis is a small genus of passerine birds in the tanager family Thraupidae found in the forests of South America.
Taxonomy and species list[]
The genus Hemithraupis was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the rufous-headed tanager as the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēmi meaning "half" or "small" with thraupis, an unknown small bird. In ornithology thraupis is used to denote a tanager.[3]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Guira tanager | Hemithraupis guira | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela | |
Rufous-headed tanager | Hemithraupis ruficapilla | Brazil | |
Yellow-backed tanager | Hemithraupis flavicollis | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname |
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). Volume 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 21.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 271.
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has extra text (help) - ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
Categories:
- Hemithraupis
- Bird genera
- Thraupidae stubs