Poospizopsis | |
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Rufous-sided warbling finch (Poospizopsis hypocondria) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Poospizopsis Berlepsch, 1893 |
Type species | |
Poospiza caesar Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1869 | |
Species | |
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Poospizopsis is a genus of warbler-like tanagers. They are found in highland forest in South America.
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]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Poospizopsis hypocondria | Rufous-sided warbling finch | Argentina and Bolivia. | |
Poospizopsis caesar | Chestnut-breasted mountain finch | Peru. | |
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