Lophospingus | |
---|---|
Grey-crested finch (Lophospingus griseocristatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Lophospingus Cabanis, 1878 |
Type species | |
Gubernatrix pusilla Burmeister, 1860
|
Lophospingus is a small genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
These finches are mostly gray and have prominent upstanding crests. They live in open habitats in southern South America.[1]
The genus Lophospingus was introduced in 1878 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis with the black-crested finch as the type species.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" and spingos meaning "finch".[4]
The genus contains two species:[5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
---|---|---|---|
Lophospingus griseocristatus | Grey-crested finch | Bolivia and northwestern Argentina | |
Lophospingus pusillus | Black-crested finch | Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina. |