Hemithraupis

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Hemithraupis
Rufous-headed tanager, Hemithraupis ruficapilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Hemithraupis
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Hylophilus ruficeps[1] = Nemosia ruficapilla
zu Wied, 1831
Species

3, see text

Hemithraupis is a small genus of passerine birds in the tanager family Thraupidae found in the forests of South America.

Taxonomy and species list[edit]

The genus Hemithraupis was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the rufous-headed tanager as the type species.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēmi meaning "half" or "small" with thraupis, an unknown small bird. In ornithology thraupis is used to denote a tanager.[4]

Genus HemithraupisCabanis, 1851 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Guira tanager


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Hemithraupis guira
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Eight subspecies
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
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Rufous-headed tanager


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Female

Hemithraupis ruficapilla
(Vieillot, 1818)
Brazil
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Yellow-backed tanager


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Female

Hemithraupis flavicollis
(Vieillot, 1818)

Eleven subspecies
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname
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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Thraupidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 21.
  3. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 271.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.