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Thraupini

(Tribe)

Overview

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A Tribe in the Kingdom Animalia.

Taxonomy

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The Tribe Thraupini is a member of the Subfamily Emberizinae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Thraupini:

The Tribe Thraupini is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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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]

Anisognathus

Anisognathus is a genus of tanagers found in highland forests and woodlands in South 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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Mitrospingus

Mitrospingus is a genus of in the Thraupidae family. It contains the following species: [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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Orthogonys

The Olive-green Tanager (Orthogonys chloricterus) is a species of bird of the Thraupidae family, in the monotypic genus Orthogonys.[] [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]

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]

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]

Pyrrhocoma

Pyrrhocoma is a of tanager. It contains a single species, the Chestnut-headed Tanager (Pyrrhocoma ruficeps). [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]

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]

Schistochlamys

Schistochlamys is a of tanagers. [more]

Sericossypha

A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [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]

Tachyphonus

Tachyphonus is a of tanagers. [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]

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]

At least 6 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Volatinia.

More info about the Genus Volatinia may be found here.

Bibliography

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Footnotes

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  1. http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=1066

Sources

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 13:51:39