Biology:Asemospiza

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Short description: Genus of birds

Asemospiza
Tiaris fuliginosus -Piraju, Sao Paulo, Brazil-8.jpg
Sooty grassquit (Asemospiza fuliginosa)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Asemospiza
Burns, Unitt & Mason, 2016
Type species
Fringilla fuliginosa
Wied, 1830
Species

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Asemospiza is a genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Taxonomy and species list

These species were formerly placed in the genus Tiaris. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Tiaris was polyphyletic.[1] In the resulting reorganization to create monophyletic genera, these two species were assigned to a new genus Asemospiza with the sooty grassquit as the type species.[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek ἄσημος/asēmos meaning "without marks" with σπίζα/spiza meaning "finch".[2][3] These two species are in the subfamily Coerebinae and form a sister clade to the Darwin's finches.[1]

The species in the genus are:[4]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Tiaris fuliginosus -Piraju, Sao Paulo, Brazil-8.jpg Asemospiza fuliginosa Sooty grassquit Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela
Dull-colored Grassquit (Tiaris obscurus).jpg Asemospiza obscura Dull-coloured grassquit Venezuela to Argentina

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. 2.0 2.1 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. 
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 56, 362. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. 
  4. 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 12 November 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q23460856 entry