Nemosia
Nemosia is a genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
| Nemosia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Hooded tanager, Nemosia pileata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Nemosia Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Tanagra pileata Boddaert, 1783 | |
| Species | |
The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the hooded tanager as the type species.[1][2] The name Nemosia is from the Ancient Greek nemos meaning "glade" or "dell".[3]
The genus contains two species:[4]
- Hooded tanager, Nemosia pileata
- Cherry-throated tanager, Nemosia rourei
References
- Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 32.
- Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 276.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "New World warblers, mitrospingid tanagers". IOC World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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