Microspingus

Microspingus
Buff-throated warbling finch (Microspingus lateralis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Buff-throated warbling finch Microspingus lateralis Brazil.
Grey-throated warbling finch Microspingus cabanisi eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, far north-eastern Argentina, and Uruguay
Rusty-browed warbling finch Microspingus erythrophrys Argentina and Bolivia
Plain-tailed warbling finch Microspingus alticola Peru.
Ringed warbling finch Microspingus torquatus Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
Three-striped hemispingus Microspingus trifasciatus Bolivia and Peru.
Black-capped warbling finch Microspingus melanoleucus Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and western Uruguay.
Cinereous warbling finch Microspingus cinereus Brazil.

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Taczanowski, Władysław (1874). "Description des oiseaux nouveaux de Pérou central". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (in French). 1874: 129–140 [132].
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.
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