Biology:Hemithraupis

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Short description: Genus of birds

Hemithraupis
Hemithraupis ruficapilla.jpg
Rufous-headed tanager, Hemithraupis ruficapilla
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Hemithraupis
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Hylophilus ruficeps[1] = Nemosia ruficapilla
zu Wied, 1831
Species

3, see text

Hemithraupis is a small genus of passerine birds in the tanager family Thraupidae found in the forests of South America.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Hemithraupis was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the rufous-headed tanager as the type species.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēmi meaning "half" or "small" with thraupis, an unknown small bird. In ornithology thraupis is used to denote a tanager.[4]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Hemithraupis guira.jpg Guira tanager Hemithraupis guira Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Hemithraupis ruficapilla.jpg Rufous-headed tanager Hemithraupis ruficapilla Brazil
Yellow-backed Tanager - REGUA - Brazil S4E2876 (22954522770).jpg Yellow-backed tanager Hemithraupis flavicollis Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname

References

  1. "Thraupidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=202. 
  2. Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851) (in German, Latin). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 21. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49584400. 
  3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 271. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483506. 
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1035252 entry