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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Microspingus is a genus of warbler-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are found in highland forest in South America.
Microspingus | |
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Buff-throated warbling finch (Microspingus lateralis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thraupidae |
Genus: | Microspingus Taczanowski, 1874 |
Type species | |
Microspingus trifasciatus Taczanowski, 1874 | |
Species | |
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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.[2][3][4] 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.[1][3]
The genus contains eight species:[4]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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![]() | Buff-throated warbling finch | Microspingus lateralis | Brazil. |
![]() | Grey-throated warbling finch | Microspingus cabanisi | eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, far north-eastern Argentina, and Uruguay |
![]() | Rusty-browed warbling finch | Microspingus erythrophrys | Argentina and Bolivia |
![]() | Plain-tailed warbling finch | Microspingus alticola | Peru. |
![]() | Ringed warbling finch | Microspingus torquatus | Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. |
![]() | Three-striped hemispingus | Microspingus trifasciatus | Bolivia and Peru. |
![]() | Black-capped warbling finch | Microspingus melanoleucus | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and western Uruguay. |
Cinereous warbling finch | Microspingus cinereus | Brazil. | |
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