Amaurospiza
Amaurospiza is a genus of birds in the cardinal family Cardinalidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Genus: | Amaurospiza Cabanis, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Amaurospiza concolor Cabanis, 1861 | |
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Taxonomy and species list
The genus Amaurospiza was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1861 with Cabanis's seedeater as the type species.[1][2] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek amauros, meaning "dusky", and σπίζα (spíza), a catch-all term for finch-like birds.[3][4]
This genus was formerly included in the tanager family Thraupidae. It was moved to the cardinal family Cardinalidae based on a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2007.[5][6]
The genus contains four species:[6]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Cabanis's seedeater | Amaurospiza concolor | southern Mexico and Central America | |
| Ecuadorian seedeater | Amaurospiza aequatorialis (formerly conspecific with A. concolor) | southwest Colombia through Ecuador to northern Peru | |
| Blackish-blue seedeater | Amaurospiza moesta | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay |
| Carrizal seedeater | Amaurospiza carrizalensis | northern Venezuela | |
References
- Cabanis, Jean (1861). "Uebersicht der im Berliner Museum befindlichen Vögel von Costa Rica". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 9 (49): 1–11 [3].
- Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 150.
- Bailly, Anatole (1981-01-01). Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français. Paris: Hachette. ISBN 978-2010035289. OCLC 461974285.
- Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- Klicka, J.; Burns, K.; Spellman, G.M. (2007). "Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45 (3): 1014–1032. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.07.006.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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