Heterospingus

Heterospingus is a small genus of medium-sized birds in the tanager family Thraupidae that are found in the forests of Central and South America.

Heterospingus
Scarlet-browed tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Heterospingus
Ridgway, 1898
Type species
Tachyphonus rubrifrons
Lawrence, 1865
Species

Heterospingus rubrifrons

Heterospingus xanthopygius

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Heterospingus was introduced in 1898 by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway with the sulphur-rumped tanager as the type species.[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek heteros meaning "different" with spingos meaning "finch".[3]

The genus contains two species:[4]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Heterospingus rubrifronsSulphur-rumped tanagerCosta Rica and Panama.
Heterospingus xanthopygiusScarlet-browed tanagerPanama, Colombia and Ecuador

References
  1. Ridgway, Robert (1898). "Descriptions of supposed new genera, species, and subspecies of American birds: I Fringillidae". The Auk. 15: 223-230 [225].
  2. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 287.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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