Saltatricula

Saltatricula
Many-colored Chaco finch (Saltatricula multicolor)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thraupidae
Genus:	Saltatricula Burmeister, 1861
Type species
Saltatricula multicolor Burmeister, 1861
Species
2, see text

Saltatricula is a genus of South American seed-eating birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Saltatricula was introduced in 1861 by the German naturalist Hermann Burmeister with the many-colored Chaco finch as the type species. ^{[1] [2]} The name is a Latin diminutive of the genus Saltator that had been introduced by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816. ^[3]

The black-throated saltator was formerly included in the genus Saltator. It was moved Saltatricula based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 that found that the black-throated saltator was genetically distinct from the other members of the genus Saltator but was instead closely related to the many-colored Chaco finch. ^{[4] [5]}

The genus contains two species. ^[5]

Genus Saltatricula – Burmeister, 1861 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Many-colored Chaco finch	Saltatricula multicolor (Burmeister, 1860)	Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Black-throated saltator	Saltatricula atricollis (Vieillot, 1817)	Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. Burmeister, Hermann (1861). Reise durch die La Plata-Staaten: mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die physische Beschaffenheit und den Culturzustand der Argentinischen Republik : Ausgeführt in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860 (in German). Vol. 2. Halle, Germany: H. W. Schmidt. p. 481.
2. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 209.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 346. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. 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.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 November 2020.