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Heterospingus

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Heterospingus
Scarlet-browed tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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.

Taxonomy and species list

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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]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Heterospingus rubrifrons Sulphur-rumped tanager Costa Rica and Panama.
Heterospingus xanthopygius Scarlet-browed tanager Panama, Colombia and Ecuador

References

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  1. ^ Ridgway, Robert (1898). "Descriptions of supposed new genera, species, and subspecies of American birds: I Fringillidae". The Auk. 15 (3): 223–230 [225]. doi:10.2307/4068377. JSTOR 4068377.
  2. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 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.