Nemosia
Hooded tanager, Nemosia pileata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Nemosia
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Tanagra pileata
Boddaert, 1783
Species

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

The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the hooded tanager as the type species.[1][2] The name Nemosia is from the Ancient Greek nemos meaning "glade" or "dell".[3]

Species

The genus contains two species:[4]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Nemosia pileata Hooded tanager Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
Nemosia rourei Cherry-throated tanager Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo, Brazil


References

  1. ^ Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 32.
  2. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 276.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "New World warblers, mitrospingid tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 October 2019.


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