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