Dubusia

Dubusia
Buff-breasted mountain tanager, (Dubusia taeniata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Dubusia
Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Tanagra selysia[1] = Tanagra taeniata
Bonaparte, 1850

Dubusia is a small genus of mountain tanagers found in South America.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Dubusia was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte.[2] The name was chosen to honor the Belgian politician and ornithologist Bernard du Bus de Gisignies.[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the buff-breasted mountain tanager.[4]

The genus contains four species:[5]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Buff-breasted mountain tanager Dubusia taeniata Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
Carriker's mountain tanager Dubusia carrikeri northern Colombia
Streak-crowned mountain tanager Dubusia stictocephala Peru
Chestnut-bellied mountain tanager Dubusia castaneoventris Bolivia and Peru

References

  1. ^ "Thraupidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). "Sur plusieurs genres nouveaux de Passereaux". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 31: 423–424 [424].
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 338.
  5. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 November 2020.


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