Iridosornis

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Iridosornis
Iridosornis rufivertex.jpg
Golden-crowned tanager (I. rufivertex)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Iridosornis
Lesson, 1844
Type species
Arremon rufivertex
Lafresnaye, 1842
Species

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Iridosornis is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae

These birds live in the Andes mostly at high altitudes. Their plumage is mainly blue and all of them have contrasting patches of yellow. [1]

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Iridosornis was introduced in 1844 by the French naturalist René Lesson with the golden-crowned tanager as the type species. [2] [3] The name combines the Ancient Greek iris meaning "rainbow" with ornis meaning "bird". [4] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that this genus had a sister relationship to the vermilion tanager which is placed in its own monospecific genus Calochaetes. [5]

The genus contains five species: [6]

Genus Iridosornis Lesson, 1844 – five species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Purplish-mantled tanager

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Iridosornis porphyrocephalus
Sclater, PL, 1856
Colombia and Ecuador
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Yellow-throated tanager

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Iridosornis analis
(Tschudi, 1844)
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
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Golden-collared tanager

Golden-collared Tanager (Iridosornis jelskii) (4856416747).jpg

Iridosornis jelskii
Cabanis, 1873
Bolivia and Peru
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Golden-crowned tanager

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Iridosornis rufivertex
(Lafresnaye, 1842)
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
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Yellow-scarfed tanager

Iridosornis reinhardti - Yellow-scarfed Tanager (cropped).jpg

Iridosornis reinhardti
Sclater, PL, 1865
Peru
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References

  1. Ridgely, Robert S.; Tudor, Guy (2009). Birds of South America: Passerines. Helm Field Guides. London: Christopher Helm. p. 605. ISBN   978-1-408-11342-4.
  2. Lesson, René (1844). "Catalogue des oiseaux nouveaux ou peu connus de la collection Abeillé". L'Echo du Monde Savant (in French). Part 2. Col. 80.
  3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 336.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 207. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. 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. Bibcode:2014MolPE..75...41B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID   24583021.
  6. 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.