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Taxonomy
The Tribe Cardinalini is a member of the Subfamily Emberizinae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Cardinalini:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Suborder: Passeri
- Parvorder: Passerida
- Superfamily: Passeroidea
- Family: Fringillidae
- Buntings, Finches
- Subfamily: Emberizinae
- Tribe: Cardinalini
- Subfamily: Emberizinae
- Family: Fringillidae
- Buntings, Finches
- Superfamily: Passeroidea
- Parvorder: Passerida
- Suborder: Passeri
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Tribe Cardinalini is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (13): Cardinalis · Caryothraustes · Cyanocompsa · Cyanoloxia · Guiraca · Passerina · Periporphyrus · Pheucticus · Pitylus · Porphyrospiza · Rhodothraupis · Saltator · Spiza
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 139 species and subspecies in the Tribe Cardinalini.
Genera
Cardinalis
Cardinalis is a genus of in the family Cardinalidae. There are three species ranging across North America and into northern South America. [more]
Caryothraustes
Caryothraustes is a genus of in the Cardinalidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Cyanocompsa
Cyanocompsa is a genus of in the Cardinalidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Cyanoloxia
The Indigo Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea), also known as the Glaucous-blue Grosbeak, is a species of bird in the family. It is the only member of the genus Cyanoloxia. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. [more]
Guiraca
Passerina
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Periporphyrus
Periporphyrus is a genus of in the Cardinalidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Pheucticus
Pheucticus is a genus of . [more]
Pitylus
Porphyrospiza
The Yellow-billed Blue Finch (Porphyrospiza caerulescens) is a species of in the Thraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, a recent study[citation needed] has shown it to belong in the Thraupidae. It in the monotypic genus Porphyrospiza. [more]
Rhodothraupis
The Crimson-collared Grosbeak, Rhodothraupis celaeno, is a medium-size - and leaf-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, Cardinalidae. [more]
Saltator
Saltator is an genus of songbird. They are traditionally placed in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae) but actually seem to be closer to tanagers (Thraupidae). The name saltators is the English name for the group for lack of a better term, and the English names of all except two species end in "Saltator". [more]
Spiza
The Dickcissel, Spiza townsendi, is a small seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is the only member of the genus Spiza, though some sources list another supposedly extinct species (see below). In older works, it is often placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae; females especially resemble American Sparrows in plumage. [more]
More info about the Genus Spiza may be found here.
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