Embernagra | |
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Pampa finch, Embernagra platensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Embernagra Lesson, 1831 |
Type species | |
Tanagra dumetorum[1] = Emberiza platensis Lesson, 1831
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Species | |
Embernagra is a genus of South American finch-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
The genus Embernagra was introduced in 1831 by the French naturalist René Lesson with the Pampa finch as the type species.[2][3] The name combines the names of two genera: Emberiza introduced for the buntings by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and Tanagra introduced for the tanagers by Linnaeus in 1764.[4]
This genus was traditionally placed with the buntings and New World sparrows in the subfamily Emberizinae within the family Emberizidae.[3] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Embernagra was embedded in the tanager family Thraupidae. Within Thraupidae Embernagra is now placed with Coryphaspiza and Emberizoides in the subfamily Emberizoidinae.[5][6]
The genus contains two species:[6]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Serra finch | Embernagra longicauda | Brazil | |
Pampa finch | Embernagra platensis | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay |