Slender-billed finch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Xenospingus
Cabanis, 1867
Species:
X. concolor
Binomial name
Xenospingus concolor

The slender-billed finch (Xenospingus concolor) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Xenospingus.

It is restricted to southwest Peru and northern Chile, and inhabits mainly riverine vegetation along coastal valleys. It has been considered endangered due to loss of habitat. Riparian thickets that were common are under pressure from logging by farm owners. Some information has indicated that it has adapted to threats by using olive tree plantations and other artificial habitats successfully.[2]

Taxonomy

The slender-billed finch was formally described in 1837 by the French naturalists Alcide d'Orbigny and Frédéric de Lafresnaye under the binomial name Sylvia concolor. They specified the type location as the city of Arica which was then in Peru and is now in northern Chile.[3][4] The slender-billed finch is the only species placed in the genus Xenospingus that was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1867.[5][6] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek xenos meaning 'strange' or 'different' with spingos meaning 'finch'. The specific epithet concolor is Latin for 'uniform', 'similar in colour' or 'plain'.[7] The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[6]

A molecular phylogenetic study of the tanagers published in 2014 found that the slender-billed finch was a member of the subfamily Poospizinae and was most closely related to the cinereous finch (Piezorina cinerea).[8]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Xenospingus concolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22723185A94806869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22723185A94806869.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Jaramillo, A. (2020). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Slender-billed Finch (Xenospingus concolor), version 1.0". Birds of the World. Ithaca, NY, USA: Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.slbfin3.01. S2CID 216445489. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. ^ d'Orbigny, Alcide; Lafresnaye, Frédéric de (1837). "Synopsis avium". Magasin de Zoologie (in Latin). 7 (2): 1–88 [20].
  4. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 116.
  5. ^ Cabanis, Jean (1867). "Ueber die systematische Stellung von Sylvia concolor Orb. als Typus einer neuen Gattung Xenospingus". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 15 (89): 347–349 [347].
  6. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  7. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 116, 410. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  8. ^ Burns, K.J.; Shultz, A.J.; Title, P.O.; Mason, N.A.; Barker, F.K.; Klicka, J.; Lanyon, S.M.; Lovette, I.J. (2014). "Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75: 41–77. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID 24583021.

Further reading

External links


Genera of finches, sparrows and tanagers
Taxon identifiers
Categories