Hemithraupis

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Hemithraupis
Hemithraupis ruficapilla.jpg
Rufous-headed tanager, Hemithraupis ruficapilla
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Hemithraupis
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Hylophilus ruficeps [1] = Nemosia ruficapilla
zu Wied, 1831
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. [2] [3] 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. [4]

Genus Hemithraupis Cabanis, 1851 – three species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Guira tanager

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Male
Hemithraupis guira Pintasilgo guira Guira Tanager (female) (12979717134).jpg
Female

Hemithraupis guira
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Eight subspecies
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
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Rufous-headed tanager

Hemithraupis ruficapilla.jpg
Male
Saira ferrugem-(femea) - Hemithraupis ruficapilla (30608343558).jpg
Female

Hemithraupis ruficapilla
(Vieillot, 1818)
Brazil
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Yellow-backed tanager

Hemithraupis flavicollis insignis.jpg
Male
Yellow-backed Tanager - REGUA - Brazil S4E2876 (22954522770).jpg
Female

Hemithraupis flavicollis
(Vieillot, 1818)

Eleven subspecies
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname
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References

  1. "Thraupidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 21.
  3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 271.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 189. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.