Melanodera
Melanodera is a genus of Patagonian seed-eating birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
| Melanodera | |
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| Yellow-bridled finch being ringed in Chile. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Melanodera Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Emberiza melanodera | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy and species list
The genus Melanodera was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with the white-bridled finch (Melanodera melanodera) as the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek melas meaning "black" and dera meaning "neck".[3] The genus now contains two species.[4]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg.webp) | White-bridled finch or canary-winged finch | Melanodera melanodera | southern Argentina and Chile |
_(15341916183).jpg.webp) | Yellow-bridled finch | Melanodera xanthogramma | Argentina and Chile |
References
- Bonaparte, Charles Lucian (1850). Conspectus Generum Avium (in Latin). Volume 1. Leiden: E.J. Brill. p. 470.
- Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 108.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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