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Coryphospingus

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Coryphospingus
Red pileated finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Coryphospingus
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Fringilla cristata[1] = Fringilla cucullata
Gmelin, 1789
Species

Coryphospingus cucullatus
Coryphospingus pileatus

Coryphospingus is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in South America. Coryphospingus was formerly classified in the family Emberizidae along with the buntings and American sparrows.

Taxonomy and species list

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The genus Coryphospingus was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.[2] The type species was designated as the red pileated finch by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek koruphē meaning "crown of the head" with spingos meaning "finch".[5] The genus contains two species.[6]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Coryphospingus pileatus Grey pileated finch Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela
Coryphospingus cucullatus Red pileated finch southern Brazil and northern Argentina

References

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  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. 145.
  3. ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 73.
  4. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 210.
  5. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. ^ 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.