Schistochlamys

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Schistochlamys
Schistochlamys melanopis.jpg
Black-faced tanager (S. melanopis)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Schistochlamys
Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Tanagara capistrata
Species

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Schistochlamys is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Schistochlamys was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach. [1] [2] The type species is a subspecies of the cinnamon tanager with the trinomial Schistochlamys ruficapillus capistrata. [3] [4] [5] The genus name combines the Late Latin schistus meaning "slate" and the Ancient Greek khlamus meaning "mantle" or "cloak". [6]

The genus contains two species: [5]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Bico-de-veludo (Schistochlamys ruficapillus) no Parque Nacional da Serra da Canastra.jpg Schistochlamys ruficapillus Cinnamon tanager Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Black-faced Tanager RWD2.jpg Schistochlamys melanopis Black-faced tanager Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

References

  1. ↑ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale (in German). Vol. Abt. 2 Bd. 1 [Plates]. Dresden and Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. Plate LXXVII.
  2. ↑ Commission of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (2002). "Opinion 2004 (Case 3167). Schistochlamys Reichenbach, 1850, and Neothraupis Hellmayr, 1936 (Aves, Passeriformes): conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 59 (2): 151–152.
  3. ↑ Sclater, P.L. (1886). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Fringilliformes: Part 2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 11. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 301.
  4. ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 247.
  5. 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 1 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 350. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.


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