Biology:Microspingus

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Microspingus
Poospiza lateralis -Extrema, Minas Gerais, Brazil-8.jpg
Buff-throated warbling finch (Microspingus lateralis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Microspingus
Taczanowski, 1874
Type species
Microspingus trifasciatus
Taczanowski, 1874
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
Microspingus (Poospiza) lateralis - Buff-throated warbling-finch; Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil.jpg Buff-throated warbling finch Microspingus lateralis Brazil.
Tico-tico-da-taquara (Poospiza cabanisi).jpg Grey-throated warbling finch Microspingus cabanisi eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, far north-eastern Argentina, and Uruguay
Rusty-browed Warbling-Finch (8077592723) (cropped).jpg Rusty-browed warbling finch Microspingus erythrophrys Argentina and Bolivia
Microspingus alticola - Plain-tailed Warbling-finch, Cajamarca, Peru (cropped).jpg Plain-tailed warbling finch Microspingus alticola Peru.
Ringed Warbling-Finch (Poospiza torquata) (cropped).jpg Ringed warbling finch Microspingus torquatus Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
Microspingus trifasciatus - Three-striped Hemispingus; Machu Picchu, Cusco, Peru.jpg Three-striped hemispingus Microspingus trifasciatus Bolivia and Peru.
Poospiza melanoleuca - Black-capped Warbling-finch; Capivara, Santa Fe, Argentina.jpg Black-capped warbling finch Microspingus melanoleucus Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and western Uruguay.
Poospiza cinerea - Cinereous warbling-finch (cropped).JPG Cinereous warbling finch Microspingus cinereus Brazil.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID 24583021. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3613&context=biosci_pubs. 
  2. Taczanowski, Władysław (1874). "Description des oiseaux nouveaux de Pérou central" (in French). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 129–140 [132]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28502217. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. 4.0 4.1 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/tanagers/. 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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