Lophospingus

Lophospingus is a small genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Lophospingus
Grey-crested finch (Lophospingus griseocristatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Lophospingus
Cabanis, 1878
Type species
Gubernatrix pusilla

These finches are mostly gray and have prominent upstanding crests. They live in open habitats in southern South America.[1]

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Lophospingus was intoduced in 1878 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis with the black-crested finch as the type species.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" and spingos meaning "finch".[4]

The genus contains two species:[5]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Lophospingus griseocristatusGrey-crested finchBolivia and northwestern Argentina
Lophospingus pusillusBlack-crested finchBolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina.


References
  1. Ridgely, Robert S.; Tudor, Guy (2009). Birds of South America: Passerines. Helm Field Guides. London: Christopher Helm. p. 663. ISBN 978-1-408-11342-4.
  2. Cabanis, Jean (1878). "Uelber eine Sammlung von Vögeln der Argentinischen Republik". Journal für Ornithologie (in German). 26: 194-199 [195].
  3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 230.
  4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 230. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 November 2020.


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