Dubusia

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Dubusia
Dubusia taeniata.JPG
Buff-breasted mountain tanager, (Dubusia taeniata)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Dubusia
Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Tanagra selysia [1] = Tanagra taeniata
Bonaparte, 1850

Dubusia is a small genus of mountain tanagers found in South America.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Dubusia was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. [2] The name was chosen to honor the Belgian politician and ornithologist Bernard du Bus de Gisignies. [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the buff-breasted mountain tanager. [4]

The genus contains four species: [5]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Buff-breastedMountain-Tanager.jpg Buff-breasted mountain tanager Dubusia taeniataBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
Dubusia taeniata imported from iNaturalist photo 42811486 on 1 December 2019.jpg Carriker's mountain tanager Dubusia carrikerinorthern Colombia
DubusiaStictocephalaKeulemans.jpg Streak-crowned mountain tanager Dubusia stictocephalaPeru
Dubusia castaneoventris cropped.jpg Chestnut-bellied mountain tanager Dubusia castaneoventrisBolivia and Peru

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References

  1. "Thraupidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). "Sur plusieurs genres nouveaux de Passereaux". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 31: 423–424 [424].
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 141. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 338.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 November 2020.