Thlypopsis Explained
Thlypopsis is a genus of birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Thlypopsis was introduced by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis in 1851.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek thlupis, a word for an unknown small bird, and opsis meaning "appearance".[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the orange-headed tanager (Thlypopsis sordida).[3] [4]
The chestnut-headed tanager was formerly placed in the genus Pyrrhocoma and the superciliaried hemispingus in Hemispingus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that these two species were embedded in Thlypopsis.[5]
The genus contains eight species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Thlypopsis fulviceps | | Venezuelan Coastal Range and far northern Colombia. |
| Thlypopsis inornata | | Peru and far southern Ecuador |
| Thlypopsis sordida | | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. |
| Thlypopsis pyrrhocoma (formerly assigned to Pyrrhocoma) | | east Paraguay, northeast Argentina, and south Brazil |
| Thlypopsis ruficeps | | Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru |
| Thlypopsis superciliaris (formerly assigned to Hemispingus) | | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
| Thlypopsis ornata | | Ecuador, Peru and southwestern Colombia |
| Thlypopsis pectoralis | | Peru |
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Notes and References
- Book: Cabanis . Jean . Jean Cabanis . Heine . Ferdinand . Ferdinand Heine . 1860 . Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt . 1 . German . Halberstadt . R. Frantz . 138 .
- Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 384 .
- Book: Gray, George Robert . George Robert Gray . 1855 . Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum . London . British Museum . 74 .
- Book: Paynter . Raymond A. Jr . 1970 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 13 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 268 .
- 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 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006 . 24583021 . 2014MolPE..75...41B .
- Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . July 2020 . Tanagers and allies . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 17 October 2020 .
