| Microspingus | |
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| Buff-throated warbling finch (Microspingus lateralis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Microspingus Taczanowski, 1874 |
| Type species | |
| Microspingus trifasciatus Taczanowski, 1874
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Microspingus is a genus of warbler-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are found in highland forest in South America.
Taxonomy and species list
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Poospiza was polyphyletic.1 In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera the genus Microspingus was resurrected. It had been introduced in 1874 by the Polish zoologist Władysław Taczanowski with the three-striped hemispingus as the type species.234 The genus name combines the Ancient Greek mikros meaning "small" with spingos meaning "finch".5
The genus Microspingus is the sister taxon to a clade containing the black-backed bush tanager in the monospecific genus Urothraupis and the Pardusco in the monospecific genus Nephelornis.13
The genus contains eight species:4
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Buff-throated warbling finch | Microspingus lateralis | Brazil. |
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Grey-throated warbling finch | Microspingus cabanisi | eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, far north-eastern Argentina, and Uruguay |
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Rusty-browed warbling finch | Microspingus erythrophrys | Argentina and Bolivia |
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Plain-tailed warbling finch | Microspingus alticola | Peru. |
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Ringed warbling finch | Microspingus torquatus | Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. |
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Three-striped hemispingus | Microspingus trifasciatus | Bolivia and Peru. |
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Black-capped warbling finch | Microspingus melanoleucus | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and western Uruguay. |
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Cinereous warbling finch | Microspingus cinereus | Brazil. |
References
References
- Burns, K.J.; Shultz, A.J.; Title, P.O.; Mason, N.A.; Barker, F.K.; Klicka, J.; Lanyon, S.M.; Lovette, I.J. (2014). "Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 75: 41–77. Bibcode:2014MolPE..75...41B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID 24583021.
- Taczanowski, Władysław (1874). "Description des oiseaux nouveaux de Pérou central". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (in French). 1874: 129–140 [132].
- Burns, K.J.; Unitt, P.; Mason, N.A. (2016). "A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes)". Zootaxa. 4088 (3): 329–354. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2. PMID 27394344.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 254. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.