Schistochlamys Explained
Schistochlamys is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Schistochlamys was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1] [2] The type species is a subspecies of the cinnamon tanager with the trinomial Schistochlamys ruficapillus capistrata.[3] [4] The genus name combines the Late Latin schistus meaning "slate" and the Ancient Greek khlamus meaning "mantle" or "cloak".[5]
The genus contains two species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Schistochlamys ruficapillus | Cinnamon tanager | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. |
| Schistochlamys melanopis | | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
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Notes and References
- Book: Reichenbach, Ludwig . Ludwig Reichenbach . 1850 . Avium Systema Naturale . Friedrich Hofmeister . German . Dresden and Leipzig . Abt. 2 Bd. 1 [Plates] . Plate LXXVII .
- Commission of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature . 2002 . Opinion 2004 (Case 3167). Schistochlamys Reichenbach, 1850, and Neothraupis Hellmayr, 1936 (Aves, Passeriformes): conserved . Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature . 59 . 2 . 151–152 .
- Book: Sclater, P.L. . Philip Sclater . 1886 . Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Fringilliformes: Part 2 . 11 . Trustees of the British Museum . London . 301 . Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum .
- Book: Paynter . Raymond A. Jr . 1970 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 13 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 247 .
- Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 350 .
- 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 . 1 November 2020 .
