Coryphospingus
Red pileated finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Coryphospingus
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Fringilla cristata[1] = Fringilla cucullata
Gmelin, 1789
Species

Coryphospingus cucullatus
Coryphospingus pileatus

Coryphospingus is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in South America. Coryphospingus was formerly classified in the family Emberizidae along with the buntings and American sparrows.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Coryphospingus was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.[2] The type species was designated as the red pileated finch by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek koruphē meaning "crown of the head" with spingos meaning "finch".[5] The genus contains two species.[6]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Coryphospingus pileatus Grey pileated finch Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela
Coryphospingus cucullatus Red pileated finch southern Brazil and northern Argentina

References

  1. ^ "Thraupidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 145.
  3. ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 73.
  4. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 210.
  5. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 November 2020.


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