Granatellus

Granatellus is a genus of bird previously placed in the family Parulidae, although biochemical evidence suggests it belongs in Cardinalidae,[1] a move followed by the American Ornithologists' Union in 2009.

Granatellus
Red-breasted chat (Granatellus venustus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Granatellus
Bonaparte, 1850

Species

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Rose-breasted chatGranatellus pelzelniBolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela
Grey-throated chatGranatellus sallaeiBelize, Guatemala, and Mexico.
Red-breasted chatGranatellus venustusMexican Pacific slope thorn forests from Sinaloa to Chiapas

References

  1. Klicka, J., K. Burns, AND G. M. Spellman. 2007. Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 1014-1032.


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