Poospizopsis

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Poospizopsis
Rufous-sided Warbling-finch.jpg
Rufous-sided warbling finch (Poospizopsis hypocondria)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Poospizopsis
Berlepsch, 1893
Type species
Poospiza caesar
Species

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Poospizopsis is a genus of warbler-like tanagers. They are found in highland forest in South America.

Taxonomy and species list

A molecular phylogenetic study of the tanager family Thraupidae published in 2014 found that the genus Poospiza was polyphyletic. [1] In the subsequent reorganization two species from Poospiza were assigned to the resurrected genus Poospizopsis that had been introduced in 1893 by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch with the chestnut-breasted mountain finch as the type species. [2] [3] [4] The name of the genus combines Poospiza with the Ancient Greek opsis meaning "appearance". [5]

The two species now placed in the genus are: [4]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Rufous-sided Warbling-finch.jpg Poospizopsis hypocondria Rufous-sided warbling finch Argentina and Bolivia.
Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch (Poospiza caesar).jpg Poospizopsis caesar Chestnut-breasted mountain finch Peru.

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References

  1. 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID   24583021.
  2. Berlepsch, Hans von (1893). "On a remarkable new finch from the highlands of Bolivia". Ibis. 6th series. 5: 207–210 [208].
  3. Burns, K.J.; Unitt, P.; Mason, N.A. (2016). "A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes)". Zootaxa. 4088 (3): 329–354. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2. PMID   27394344.
  4. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 314. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.