Porphyrospiza

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Porphyrospiza
Porphyrospiza caerulescens - Blue Finch (male).JPG
Blue finch (Porphyrospiza caerulescens)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Porphyrospiza
Sclater & Salvin, 1873
Type species
Tanagra caerulescens
Wied, 1840
Species

3, see text

Porphyrospiza is a genus of seed-eating South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Taxonomy and species list[]

The genus Porphyrospiza was introduced in 1873 by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin to accommodate the blue finch.[1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek porphura meaning "purple" with spiza meaning "finch".[2] The genus formerly included only a single species, the blue finch. The band-tailed sierra finch and the carbonated sierra finch were formerly placed in the genus Phrygilus. They were moved to Porphyrospiza when a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Phrygilus was polyphyletic and that these two species were closely related to the blue finch.[3][4][5]

The genus now contains three species:[5]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Campainha Azul.jpg Porphyrospiza caerulescens Blue finch Brazil and northeastern Bolivia
Band-tailed Sierra Finch (cropped).jpg Porphyrospiza alaudina Band-tailed sierra finch Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru
Carbonated Sierra-finch (Phrygilus carbonarius) (15775486009).jpg Porphyrospiza carbonaria Carbonated sierra finch Argentina

References[]

  1. ^ Sclater, P.L.; Salvin, Osbert (1873). Nomenclator avium neotropicalium : sive avium quae in regione neotropica hucusque repertae sunt nomina systematice disposita adjecta sua cuique speciei patria accedunt generum et specierum novarum diagnoses (in Latin). London: Sumptibus Auctorum. pp. 30, 155.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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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