Microspingus

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Microspingus
Poospiza lateralis -Extrema, Minas Gerais, Brazil-8.jpg
Buff-throated warbling finch (Microspingus lateralis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Microspingus
Taczanowski, 1874
Type species
Microspingus trifasciatus
Species

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

Taxonomy and species list

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Poospiza was polyphyletic. [1] In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera the genus Microspingus was resurrected. It had been introduced in 1874 by the Polish zoologist Władysław Taczanowski with the three-striped hemispingus as the type species. [2] [3] [4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mikros meaning "small" with spingos meaning "finch". [5]

The genus Microspingus is the sister taxon to a clade containing the black-backed bush tanager in the monospecific genus Urothraupis and the Pardusco in the monospecific genus Nephelornis . [1] [3]

The genus contains eight species: [4]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Microspingus (Poospiza) lateralis - Buff-throated warbling-finch; Campos do Jordao, Sao Paulo, Brazil.jpg Buff-throated warbling finch Microspingus lateralisBrazil.
Tico-tico-da-taquara (Poospiza cabanisi).jpg Grey-throated warbling finch Microspingus cabanisieastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, far north-eastern Argentina, and Uruguay
Rusty-browed Warbling-Finch (8077592723) (cropped).jpg Rusty-browed warbling finch Microspingus erythrophrysArgentina and Bolivia
Microspingus alticola - Plain-tailed Warbling-finch, Cajamarca, Peru (cropped).jpg Plain-tailed warbling finch Microspingus alticolaPeru.
Ringed Warbling-Finch (Poospiza torquata) (cropped).jpg Ringed warbling finch Microspingus torquatusArgentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
Microspingus trifasciatus - Three-striped Hemispingus; Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru.jpg Three-striped hemispingus Microspingus trifasciatusBolivia and Peru.
Poospiza melanoleuca - Black-capped Warbling-finch; Capivara, Santa Fe, Argentina.jpg Black-capped warbling finch Microspingus melanoleucusArgentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and western Uruguay.
Poospiza cinerea - Cinereous warbling-finch (cropped).JPG Cinereous warbling finch Microspingus cinereusBrazil.

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References

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  2. Taczanowski, Władysław (1874). "Description des oiseaux nouveaux de Pérou central". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (in French). 1874: 129–140 [132].
  3. 1 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.
  4. 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 26 October 2020.
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 254. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.