Overview
Taxonomy
The Subfamily Emberizinae is a member of the Family Parulidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Emberizinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. 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: Sauropsida
Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass: Aves
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
- Cohort: Neognathae
Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
Sibley et al., 1988
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Suborder: Passeres
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Superfamily: Passeroidea
- Family: Parulidae
- New World Warblers, Wood-Warblers
- Subfamily: Emberizinae
- Family: Parulidae
- New World Warblers, Wood-Warblers
- Superfamily: Passeroidea
- Suborder: Passeres
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
Sibley et al., 1988
- Cohort: Neognathae
Pycraft, 1900
- Infraclass: Aves
(C. Linnaeus, 1758) - Birds
- Subclass: Avialae
Gauthier, 1986
- Class: Sauropsida
Linnaeus, 1758
- 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
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Emberizinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Tribe (5): Cardinalini · Emberizini · Icterini · Parulini · Thraupini
- Genus (122): Acanthidops · Agelaius · Aimophila · Amblycercus · Amblyramphus · Ammospiza · Anisognathus · Arremon · Buthraupis · Calochaetes · Camarhynchus · Cardinalis · Caryothraustes · Catamblyrhynchus · Catamenia · Certhidea · Chlorophanes · Chlorophonia · Chlorornis · Chlorothraupis · Chrysothlypis · Cissopis · Cnemoscopus · Coereba · Compsothraupis · Coryphaspiza · Coryphospingus · Creurgops · Cyanerpes · Cyanicterus · Cyanocompsa · Cyanoloxia · Dacnis · Delothraupis · Dendroica · Diglossopis · Diuca · Dives · Dolospingus · Donacospiza · Dubusia · Eucometis · Euneornis · Euthlypis · Fringillaria · Gnorimopsar · Granatellus · Guiraca · Gymnomystax · Gymnostinops · Haplospiza · Hemithraupis · Heterospingus · Icteria · Idiopsar · Iridophanes · Iridosornis · Lampropsar · Lamprospiza · Lanio · Leistes · Limnothlypis · Lophospingus · Loxigilla · Loxipasser · Lysurus · Macroagelaius · Melophus · Melopyrrha · Melospiza · Melozone · Microligea · Miliaria · Mitrospingus · Molothrus · Myospiza · Nephelornis · Nesospingus · Ocyalus · Oreopsar · Oriturus · Orthogonys · Paroaria · Passerculus · Passerina · Periporphyrus · Pezopetes · Phaenicophilus · Phrygilus · Piezorhina · Pipilo · Pipraeidea · Piranga · Pitylus · Protonotaria · Pseudodacnis · Pseudoleistes · Pyrrhocoma · Quiscalus · Ramphocelus · Rhodinocichla · Rhodospingus · Rhodothraupis · Saltatricula · Scaphidura · Schistochlamys · Sericossypha · Setophaga · Spindalis · Stephanophorus · Sturnella · Tachyphonus · Teretistris · Tersina · Thlypopsis · Tiaris · Trichothraupis · Urothraupis · Vermivora · Volatinia · Wilsonia · Zeledonia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1,114 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Emberizinae.
Genera
Acanthidops
The Peg-billed Finch, Acanthidops bairdii, is a passerine bird which is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and extreme western Panama. Despite its name, it is not a true finch, but now recognized as a member of the tanager family (Thraupidae), after being long placed in the Emberizidae. It is the only member of the genus Acanthidops. The scientific name commemorates the American ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird. [more]
Agelaius
American blackbirds are birds belonging to the genus Agelaius in the New World family Icteridae. [more]
Aimophila
Aimophila is a genus of American sparrows. The derivation of the genus name is from aimos/a???? 'thicket' and phila/f??a 'loving'. [more]
Amblycercus
The Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Amblycercus.[] [more]
Amblyramphus
The Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus) is an icterid bird of southern South American wetlands. [more]
Ammospiza
Anisognathus
Anisognathus is a genus of tanagers found in highland forests and woodlands in South America. [more]
Arremon
Arremon is a genus of neotropical birds in the Emberizidae family. With the exception of the Green-striped Brush Finch, which is endemic to Mexico, all species are found in South America, a few reaching Central America. [more]
Buthraupis
Buthraupis is a of tanagers. [more]
Calochaetes
The Vermilion Tanager (Calochaetes coccineus) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of its genus Calochaetes. [more]
Camarhynchus
Camarhynchus is a genus of in the Thraupidae family; all species of Camarhynchus are endemic to the Galapagos Islands. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family. It contains the following species: [more]
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]
Catamblyrhynchus
The Plushcap (Catamblyrhynchus diadema) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of its genus Catamblyrhynchus. [more]
Catamenia
Catamenia can refer to [more]
Certhidea
The Warbler Finch (Certhidea olivacea) is a species of bird, one of Darwin's finches in the tanager family Thraupidae. Sometimes classified in the family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family. It is the only member of the genus Certhidea. When Darwin collected it in 1835 during the Beagle survey expedition he mistakenly thought it was a wren, but on return to England he was informed in March 1837 by the ornithologist John Gould that the bird was in the group of finches. [more]
Chlorophanes
The Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. It the only member of the genus Chlorophanes. The Purplish Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes purpurascens), a bird from Venezuela known only from the type specimen, is now thought to be an intergeneric hybrid between the Green Honeycreeper and either the Red-legged Honeycreeper or the Blue Dacnis. [more]
Chlorophonia
Chlorophonia is the name of a genus of endemic to the Neotropics. The English group name for the five species that constitute the genus is also chlorophonia. The collective (plural) term for the genus is chlorophonias. Chlorophonias share the subfamily Euphoniinae with the euphonias. [more]
Chlorornis
The Grass-green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii) is a small passerine bird, one of the tanager family. It is the only member of the genus Chloronis. [more]
Chlorothraupis
Chlorothraupis is a genus of in the family Cardinalidae. It was long considered to be tanagers as their common names suggest, but this is false. They are close relatives of the habias or ant-"tanagers" [more]
Chrysothlypis
Chrysothlypis is a small of tanagers found in forests of South America. [more]
Cissopis
The Magpie Tanager (Cissopis leveriana) is a South American species of tanager. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Cissopis. As suggested by its common name, this blue-black and white species is superficially reminiscent of a European Magpie. With a total length of 25?30 cm (10?12 in), a large percentage of which is tail, it is the longest species of tanager. It weighs 69-76 g. [more]
Cnemoscopus
The Grey-hooded Bush-tanager (Cnemoscopus rubrirostris) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is the only member of the genus Cnemoscopus. [more]
Coereba
The Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) is a species of passerine bird of uncertain relation. It is tentatively placed in the tanager family, but classified as incertae sedis by other authorities such as the American Ornithologists' Union. Its classification is debated, and it is often placed in its own family: Coerebidae. It has recently been suggested the Bananaquit should be split into three species, but this has yet to receive widespread recognition. This small, active nectarivore is found in warmer parts of the Americas, and is generally common. [more]
Compsothraupis
The Scarlet-throated Tanager (Compsothraupis loricata) is a small passerine bird. It is placed in the tanager family, although highly aberrant, with some even having suggested that it could be a corvid or icterid. It is the only member of the genus Compsothraupis. [more]
Coryphaspiza
The Black-masked Finch (Coryphaspiza melanotis) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is the only member of the genus Coryphaspiza. [more]
Coryphospingus
A small of finch-like tanagers found in South America, Coryphospingus was formerly classified in the family Emberizidae along with the buntings and American sparrows. [more]
Creurgops
Creurgops is a of tanagers. [more]
Cyanerpes
The typical honeycreepers are small birds in the tanager family. They are found in the tropical New World from Mexico south to Brazil. [more]
Cyanicterus
The Blue-backed Tanager (Cyanicterus cyanicterus) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of the genus Cyanicterus. [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 Cardinalidae family. It is the only member of the genus Cyanoloxia. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. [more]
Dacnis
Dacnis is a of tanagers. [more]
Delothraupis
The Chestnut-bellied Mountain-tanager (Delothraupis castaneoventris) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of the genus Delothraupis. [more]
Dendroica
Dendroica is a genus of of the New World Warbler family Parulidae. It contains 29 species. The males in breeding plumage are often highly colorful. The Dendroica warblers are an example of adaptive radiation with the various species using different feeding techniques and often feeding in different parts of the same tree. [more]
Diglossopis
Diglossopis is a genus of blue flowerpiercers in the family Thraupidae. They are closely related to the genus Diglossa, and some retain all flowerpiercers in that genus. They were formerly classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies[] have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae. They are restricted to highland forest and woodland from Venezuela and Colombia, through Ecuador and Peru, to Bolivia. [more]
Diuca
Diuca is a small of Andean seed-eating tanagers. [more]
Dives
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [more]
Dolospingus
The White-naped Seedeater (Dolospingus fringilloides) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Dolospingus. [more]
Donacospiza
The Long-tailed Reed-finch (Donacospiza albifrons) is a species of bird traditionally placed in the Emberizidae family. It has been suggested though that its nearest relations may be the finch-like tanagers of the genus Poospiza in the family Thraupidae. It is the only member of its genus, Donacospiza. [more]
Dubusia
The Buff-breasted Mountain-tanager (Dubusia taeniata) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of the genus Dubusia. [more]
Eucometis
The Grey-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the only one in the genus Eucometis. [more]
Euneornis
The Orangequit (Euneornis campestris) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of the genus Euneornis. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. [more]
Euthlypis
The Fan-tailed Warbler (Euthlypis lachrymosa) is an New World Warbler in the monotypic genus Euthlypis that lives along the Pacific slope from northern Mexico to Nicaragua. Vagrant records exist for Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. It is yellow on its throat and underparts with a tawny wash on its chest. The head is gray with a black-framed yellow crown and white around the eyes. The undertail coverlets are white. They are 5.8-6.3 in (14.5?16 cm) long and have pleasant, upslurred song. Fan-tailed Warblers live in and at the edge of evergreen and semideciduous forest, especially near ravines. They eat ants, especially army ants, and are seen hopping around on either the forest floor or close to it. They are found alone or in pairs. [more]
Fringillaria
Gnorimopsar
The Chopi Blackbird (Gnorimopsar chopi) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Gnorimopsar.[] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest. The Chopi Blackbird is 25 cm (9.8 in) in length and has black plumage across the body. It is similar to the Forbes's Blackbird but has a slightly curved bill with a grove along the lower mandible. The call is a loud explosive "tjouw", either given as a single call or as a series that vary randomly in pitch. [more]
Granatellus
Granatellus is a genus of bird previously placed in the family Parulidae, although biochemical evidence suggests it belongs in Cardinalidae., a move followed by the American Ornithologists' Union in 2009. [more]
Guiraca
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[2] [more]
Gymnomystax
The Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. Its genus, Gymnomystax, is monotypic.[] It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps. [more]
Gymnostinops
The oropendolas comprise two or three genera of South and Central American passerine birds in the New World blackbird family. [more]
Haplospiza
Haplospiza is a small genus of birds in the Thraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae. Its two members breed in subtropical or tropical moist forest in Central and South America. They are often associated with bamboo. They are [more]
Hemithraupis
A small of tanagers found in forests of South America. [more]
Heterospingus
Heterospingus is a small of medium-sized tanagers found in forests of South America. [more]
Icteria
The Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens) is a large songbird, formerly considered the most atypical member of the New World warbler family, though the long-standing suspicion is that it does not actually belong there. Its placement is not definitely resolved. It is the only member of the genus Icteria. Found throughout North America, from southern-plains Canada to central Mexico during the summer, these birds mainly migrate to Mexico and Central America, although some of their number may overwinter in coastal areas. [more]
Idiopsar
The Short-tailed Finch (Idiopsar brachyurus) is a species of bird traditionally placed in the Emberizidae family, but it appears to be related to the sierra-finches Phrygilus of the tanager family Thraupidae and it may eventually join them there. It is the only member of its genus, Idiopsar. [more]
Iridophanes
It is the bird The Golden-collared Honeycreeper (Iridophanes pulcherrimus) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of the genus Iridophanes. [more]
Iridosornis
Iridosornis is a of tanagers. [more]
Lampropsar
The Velvet-fronted Grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Lampropsar. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and heavily degraded former forest. [more]
Lamprospiza
The Red-billed Pied Tanager (Lamprospiza melanoleuca) is a small passerine bird, a member of the tanager family. It is the only member of the genus Lamprospiza. [more]
Lanio
Lanio is the of shrike-tanagers. [more]
Leistes
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[3] [more]
Limnothlypis
Swainson's Warbler, Limnothlypis swainsonii, is a small species of New World warbler. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Limnothlypis. [more]
Lophospingus
Lophospingus is a genus of in the Thraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family. It contains the following species: [more]
Loxigilla
Loxigilla is the genus of Antillean bullfinches, in the Thraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family. [more]
Loxipasser
The Yellow-shouldered Grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family. It is monotypic within the genus Loxipasser.[] It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. [more]
Lysurus
Lysurus is a genus of bird in the Emberizidae family. Recent evidence indicates this genus should be merged into Arremon, but if recognized as a valid genus, it contains the following species: [more]
Macroagelaius
Macroagelaius is a genus of in the Icteridae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Melophus
The Crested Bunting (Melophus lathami) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family, from South and Southeast Asia. It is monotypic (the sole species) in its genus, Melophus.[] [more]
Melopyrrha
The Cuban Bullfinch (Melopyrrha nigra) is a songbird species of the monotypic genus Melopyrrha.[] Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family (Emberizidae), more recent studies have shown it to be part of the tanager family (Thraupidae). Therein, it belongs to the lineage of tholospizan "finches", which also includes the famous Darwin's finches. [more]
Melospiza
Melospiza is a genus of passerine birds in family Emberizidae. The genus, commonly referred to as "song sparrows," contains currently three species, all of which are native to North America. [more]
Melozone
Melozone is a genus of in the Emberizidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Microligea
The Green-tailed Warbler (Microligea palustris), also known as the Green-tailed Ground Warbler, is a species of songbird endemic to the island of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) and adjacent islets. [more]
Miliaria
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[4] [more]
Mitrospingus
Mitrospingus is a genus of in the Thraupidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Molothrus
Cowbirds are birds belonging to the genus Molothrus in the family Icteridae. They are brood parasitic New World birds which are unrelated to the Old World cuckoos, one of which, the Common Cuckoo, is the best-known brood parasitic bird. [more]
Myospiza
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[5] [more]
Nephelornis
The Pardusco (Nephelornis oneilli) is a species of tanager that is endemic to woodland near the timberline in the Andes of central Peru. It is monotypic within the genus Nephelornis. This small olive-brown bird is typically seen in groups, which sometimes join mixed species flocks. It has a small range, but is locally fairly common, and consequently considered to be of least concern by BirdLife International and IUCN. [more]
Nesospingus
The Puerto Rican Tanager (Nesospingus speculiferus) is a small passerine bird endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico. It is the only member of the Nesospingus genus of the tanager family. On average the Puerto Rican Tanager measures 16 cm and weights 36 g. These birds are found in groups of about 12 individuals. They are usually found in dense vegetation. This tanager roosts in palm trees or bamboo. The Puerto Rican Tanager eats palm fruits, ants and species from the Cecropia genus. Evidence shows that they also eat spiders, lizards and frogs. Its cup-shaped nest is no higher than 9 m in trees. Cream colored eggs speckled with a darker shade of brown. The species breeds from January to August.
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Ocyalus
The Band-tailed Oropendola (Ocyalus latirostris) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is in the genus Ocyalus, usually considered monotypic,[] though the Casqued Oropendola might also be included herein. It is found at low densities in the western Amazon in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. [more]
Oreopsar
The Bolivian Blackbird (Oreopsar bolivianus) is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Oreopsar. It is endemic to Bolivia. [more]
Oriturus
The Striped Sparrow (Oriturus superciliosus) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Oriturus. It is endemic to Mexico. [more]
Orthogonys
The Olive-green Tanager (Orthogonys chloricterus) is a species of bird of the Thraupidae family, in the monotypic genus Orthogonys.[] [more]
Paroaria
Paroaria, the red-headed cardinals or cardinal-tanagers (as they are not close to the ), are a genus of tanagers. They were until recently placed in the family Emberizidae. [more]
Passerculus
The Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) is a small American sparrow. It is the only widely accepted member of the genus Passerculus. Recent comparison of mtDNA NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 and 3 sequences indicates that the Ipswich Sparrow, formerly usually considered a good species (as Passerculus princeps), is a well-marked subspecies of the Savannah Sparrow, whereas the southwestern subspecies should be recognized as distinct species Large-billed Sparrow (Passerculus rostratus) . [more]
Passerina
The genus Passerina is a group of birds in the Cardinal family Cardinalidae. Although not directly related to buntings in the family Emberizidae, they are sometimes known as the North American buntings (the North American Emberizidae are colloquially called "sparrows" although they are also not related to these birds). [more]
Periporphyrus
Periporphyrus is a genus of in the Cardinalidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Pezopetes
The Large-footed Finch, Pezopetes capitalis, is a passerine bird which is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Despite its name, it is not a true finch, but rather a member of the large Emberizidae family, which also includes buntings, American sparrows, juncos and towhees. It is the only member of the genus Pezopetes. [more]
Phaenicophilus
Phaenicophilus is a genus of in the Thraupidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Phrygilus
Phrygilus is a genus of mainly Andean seed-eating tanagers commonly known as sierra-finches. Phrygilos means finch in Ancient Greek. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown them to belong in the Thraupidae. The genus appears to be polyphyletic consisting of at least three distinct lineages which in future may need to be split into separate genera. [more]
Piezorhina
Piezorhina is a of finch-like tanager. The term cinereous describes its coloration. It contains a single species found in arid coastal northern Peru, the Cinereous Finch (Piezorhina cinerea). [more]
Pipilo
A towhee is any one of a number of species of birds in the genus Pipilo or Melozone within the family Emberizidae (which also includes the buntings, American sparrows, and juncos). [more]
Pipraeidea
Pipraeidea is a of tanager. It contains a single species, the Fawn-breasted Tanager (Pipraeidea melanonota). [more]
Piranga
Piranga is a genus of birds long placed in the tanager family, but now considered relatives of the Cardinalis cardinals. [more]
Pitylus
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[6] [more]
Protonotaria
The Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is the only member of the genus Protonotaria. [more]
Pseudodacnis
The Turquoise Dacnis (Dacnis hartlaubi) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to Colombia. It is a rather distinct species of dacnis, formerly separated in the monotypic genus Pseudodacnis. [more]
Pseudoleistes
The marshbirds, Pseudoleistes, are a small of icterid birds (family Icteridae). It includes the following species: [more]
Pyrrhocoma
Pyrrhocoma is a of tanager. It contains a single species, the Chestnut-headed Tanager (Pyrrhocoma ruficeps). [more]
Quiscalus
The genus Quiscalus contains six of the ten species of grackle, gregarious passerine birds in the Icterid family. They are native to North and South America. The six species are: [more]
Ramphocelus
Ramphocelus is a Neotropical genus of birds of the tanager family. They have enlarged shiny whitish or bluish-grey lower mandibles, which are pointed upwards in display. However, this is greatly reduced in the females of most species. Males are black and red, orange or yellow, while females resemble a duller version of the males, or are brownish or greyish combined with dull red, orange or yellowish. [more]
Rhodinocichla
The Rosy Thrush-tanager (Rhodinocichla rosea) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, where it belongs to the presently monotypic genus Rhodinocichla.[] [more]
Rhodospingus
The Crimson-breasted Finch (Rhodospingus cruentus), also known as the Crimson Finch-tanager, is a species of small finch-like bird native to woodland and scrub of western Ecuador and adjacent north-western Peru. It is the monotypic within the genus Rhodospingus. It has traditionally been placed in the family Emberizidae, but is now associated with Thraupidae. It is strongly sexually dichromatic, with males being blackish above and rich orange-red below and on the crown, while females are overall dull greyish-buff. [more]
Rhodothraupis
The Crimson-collared Grosbeak (Rhodothraupis celaeno) is a medium-size seed- and leaf-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, Cardinalidae. [more]
Saltatricula
The Many-colored Chaco-finch (Saltatricula multicolor) is a songbird found in or near dry woodland in south-central South America in Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. It was formerly considered a member of Emberizidae, but genetic evidence suggests it is a finch-like tanager. It is monotypic within the genus Saltatricula. [more]
Scaphidura
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[7] [more]
Schistochlamys
Schistochlamys is a of tanagers. [more]
Sericossypha
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[8] [more]
Setophaga
The American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) is a New World warbler. It is the only member of its genus and is unrelated to the Old World redstarts. It derives its name from the male's red tail, start being an old word for tail. [more]
Spindalis
Spindalis is a genus consisting of 4 non-migratory bird species. The genus is considered endemic to the Greater Antilles; a population on Cozumel Island, off the Yucat?n Peninsula's east coast, is part of that island's West Indian fauna. Traditionally considered aberrant tanagers they are in the family Cardinalidae [more]
Stephanophorus
Stephanophorus is a monotypic of tanager, containing only the Diademed Tanager, Stephanophorus diadematus. [more]
Sturnella
Meadowlarks are birds belonging to the genus Sturnella in the New World family Icteridae. [more]
Tachyphonus
Tachyphonus is a of tanagers. [more]
Teretistris
Teretistris is a genus of in the Parulidae family. It contains the following species: [more]
Tersina
Tersina is a of tanager. It contains a single species, the Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis). [more]
Thlypopsis
Thlypopsis is a of tanagers. [more]
Tiaris
Tiaris is a genus of songbirds in the tanager family (Thraupidae), containing the bulk of the grassquits. In late 20th century sources in particular, it was very often allied to the American sparrows and placed in the Emberizidae family. [more]
Trichothraupis
Black-goggled Tanager (Trichothraupis melanops) is a species of bird in the family, Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Trichothraupis. It is found at low levels in forest and woodland in a large part of eastern and southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far north-eastern Argentina, with a disjunct population along the East Andean slope in Peru, Bolivia and far north-western Argentina. While generally common and widespread, and consequenly considered to be of least concern by BirdLife International and IUCN, the population associated with the Andes is relatively local and uncommon. [more]
Urothraupis
The Black-backed Bush-tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Urothraupis.[] It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. [more]
Vermivora
Vermivora is a genus of . [more]
Volatinia
The Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) is a small bird in the tanager family, Thraupidae. It was previously classified in the bunting and American sparrow family, Emberizidae. It breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America as far as northern Chile, Argentina and Paraguay, and on Trinidad and Tobago. It is the only member of the genus Volatinia. [more]
Wilsonia
Wilsonia is a small genus of New World warblers which breed in North America. They are migratory, wintering south of their breeding ranges in Central America, the West Indies or South America. [more]
Zeledonia
The Wrenthrush Zeledonia coronata is a species of that is endemic to Costa Rica and western Panama. It has a short tail, rounded wings and elongated tarsi. The species name is in commemoration of José Castulo Zeledón, a Costa Rican ornithologist. [more]
More info about the Genus Zeledonia may be found here.
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- Richmond, Proc. biol. Soc. Washington, 28, 180.
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