Loriotus

Loriotus is a genus of birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. The species now placed in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Tachyphonus.

Loriotus
Flame-crested tanager male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Loriotus
Jarocki, 1821
Type species
Tanagra cristata
Linnaeus, 1766
Species

3, see list

Taxonomy and species list

The three species now assigned to Loriotus were traditionally placed in the genus Tachyphonus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Tachyphonus was polyphyletic.[1] In the subsequent reorganization the genus Loriotus was resurrected for these three species.[1][2][3] The genus had been introduced in 1821 by the Polish zoologist Feliks Paweł Jarocki with the flame-crested tanager as the type species.[4] The name is derived from the French word loriot that is used for the Old World orioles.[5]

The three species in the genus are:[3]

References
  1. Burns, K.J.; Shultz, A.J.; Title, P.O.; Mason, N.A.; Barker, F.K.; Klicka, J.; Lanyon, S.M.; Lovette, I.J. (2014). "Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75: 41–77. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006.
  2. Piacentini, V.Q.; Unitt, P.; Burns, K.J. (2019). "Two overlooked generic synonyms in the Thraupidae (Aves: Passeriformes)". Zootaxa. 4608 (3): 593–594. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4608.3.13.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  4. Jarocki, Feliks Paweł (1821). Zoologiia czyli zwiérzetopismo ogólne podlug náynowszego systematu ułożone (in Polish). Volume 2. Warszawa: w Drukarni Łątkiewicza. p. 133. Link is to the book not the page.
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.


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