Rufous-bellied mountain tanager

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Rufous-bellied mountain tanager
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Pseudosaltator
K.J. Burns, Unitt & N.A. Mason, 2016
Species:
P. rufiventris
Binomial name
Pseudosaltator rufiventris
Pseudosaltator rufiventris map.svg
Synonyms

Saltator rufiventris (protonym)

The rufous-bellied mountain tanager or rufous-bellied saltator (Pseudosaltator rufiventris) is a species of songbird in the tanager family Thraupidae and is the only member of the genus Pseudosaltator. It is found in the eastern Andes of southern Bolivia and extreme northern Argentina. It occurs mostly at altitudes from 3000 m to 4000 m. [2] Its habitat is open land, including cultivated land, that has patches of scrub, alder trees, or Polylepis trees. It is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

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Taxonomy

The rufous-bellied mountain tanager was formally described in 1837 by the French naturalists Alcide d'Orbigny and Frédéric de Lafresnaye from a specimen collected near the small town of Sica Sica in western Bolivia. They coined the binomial name Saltator rufiventris. [3] [4] The specific name is derived from the Latin rufus meaning "ruddy" or "rufous" and venter meaning "belly". [5] The species was known by the English name "rufous-bellied mountain saltator". A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2007 found that the genus Saltator belonged in the tanager family Thraupidae rather than Cardinalidae and that the rufous-bellied mountain saltator was not closely related to other members of the genus Saltator but was instead related to Dubusia . [6] These results were confirmed by a comprehensive molecular study of the tanagers published in 2014. [7] Rather than placing the "rufous-bellied mountain saltator" in Dubusia, a new genus Pseudosaltator was erected in 2016. The common name was also changed from "saltator" to "tanager". [8] [9] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. [9]

Description

The plumage is mostly blue-gray with orange underparts from the lower breast to the undertail coverts. There is a long white stripe over the eye. The bill is gray except that the base of the lower mandible is flesh-colored. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2020). "Pseudosaltator rufiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T22723904A180153540. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22723904A180153540.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Ridgely, Robert S. (1989). The Birds of South America, Volume 1: The Oscine Passerines. University of Texas Press. p. 389. ISBN   978-0-292-70756-6 . Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  3. ↑ d'Orbigny, Alcide; Lafresnaye, Frédéric de (1837). "Synopsis avium". Magasin de Zoologie (in Latin). 7 (2): 1–88 [35].
  4. ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 235.
  5. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 342. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. ↑ Klicka, J.; Burns, K.; Spellman, G. M. (December 2007). "Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45 (3): 1014–1032. Bibcode:2007MolPE..45.1014K. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.006. PMID   17920298.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. 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 20 October 2020.


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