Pseudospingus

Pseudospingus
Black-headed hemispingus (Pseudospingus verticalis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Pseudospingus Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896
Type species
Dacnis xanthophthalma Taczanowski, 1874
Species
See text

Pseudospingus is a genus of warbler-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are found in highland forests in South America.

Taxonomy and species list

The two species now placed in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus Hemispingus . A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Hemispingus was polyphyletic and as part of the subsequent rearrangement, the genus Pseudospingus was resurrected for these two species. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The genus had been introduced by Hans von Berlepsch and Jean Stolzmann in 1896. ^{[3] [4]} The type species was subsequently designated as the drab hemispingus. ^{[5] [6]} The name Pseudospingus comes from Ancient Greek ψεύδος (pseúdos), meaning "false", and σπίγγος (spíngos), meaning "finch". ^[7]

Species

The two species in the genus are: ^[3]

Genus Pseudospingus – Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Drab hemispingus	Pseudospingus xanthophthalmus (Taczanowski, 1874)	Bolivia and Peru.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Black-headed hemispingus	Pseudospingus verticalis (Lafresnaye, 1840)	Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

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. Bibcode:2014MolPE..75...41B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID   24583021.
2. 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.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
4. Berlepsch, Hans von; Stolzmann, Jean (1896). "On the ornithological researches of M. Jean Kalinowski in central Peru". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (in French). 1896: 322–388 [346].
5. Richmond, Charles Wallace (1902). "List of generic terms proposed for birds during the years 1890 to 1900, inclusive, to which are added names omitted by Waterhouse in his 'Index Generum Avium.'". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 24 (1267): 663–729 [710]. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.1267.663. hdl: 2027/coo.31924090189725 .
6. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 263.
7. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 321. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.