Dubusia

Dubusia
Buff-breasted mountain tanager, (Dubusia taeniata)
Scientific classification
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]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Buff-breasted mountain tanager	Dubusia taeniata	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
	Carriker's mountain tanager	Dubusia carrikeri	northern Colombia
	Streak-crowned mountain tanager	Dubusia stictocephala	Peru
	Chestnut-bellied mountain tanager	Dubusia castaneoventris	Bolivia and Peru

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.