Conothraupis | |
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Conothraupis speculigera | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Conothraupis Sclater, PL, 1880 |
Type species | |
Schistochlamys speculigera Gould, 1855
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Species | |
Conothraupis is a genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
The genus Conothraupis was introduced in 1880 by the English zoologist Philip Sclater to accommodate the black-and-white tanager.[1][2] The name combines the Latin conos meaning "cone" with the Ancient Greek thraupis, an unknown small bird which in ornithology is used to indicate a tanager.[3] The genus is a member of the subfamily Tachyphoninae within the family Thraupidae and contains two species.[4][5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Conothraupis speculigera | Black-and-white tanager | southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru | |
Conothraupis mesoleuca | Cone-billed tanager | Brazil. |