Hemithraupis

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Hemithraupis
Hemithraupis ruficapilla.jpg
Rufous-headed tanager, Hemithraupis ruficapilla
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Hemithraupis
Cabanis, 1850
Type species
Nemosia ruficapilla
Vieillot, 1818)
Species

3, see text

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
Hemithraupis guira.jpg Guira tanager Hemithraupis guira Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Hemithraupis ruficapilla.jpg Rufous-headed tanager Hemithraupis ruficapilla Brazil
Yellow-backed Tanager - REGUA - Brazil S4E2876 (22954522770).jpg Yellow-backed tanager Hemithraupis flavicollis Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname

References[]

  1. ^ 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. |volume= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 271. |volume= has extra text (help)
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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