Emberizoides

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Emberizoides
Lesser grass finch (Emberizoides ypiranganus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Emberizoides
Temminck, 1822
Type species
Emberizoides marginalis[1] = Sylvia herbicola
Temminck, 1822
Species
  • Emberizoides herbicola
  • Emberizoides duidae
  • Emberizoides ypiranganus

Emberizoides is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in grassy areas in Central and South America.

Taxonomy and species list

The genus Emberizoides was introduced in 1822 by the Dutch zoologist

Coryphaspiza in the subfamily Emberizoidinae.[6][7]

The genus contains three species:[7]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Wedge-tailed grass finch Emberizoides herbicola Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela
Duida grass finch Emberizoides duidae Venezuela
Lesser grass finch Emberizoides ypiranganus Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay

References

  1. ^ "Thraupidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Temminck, Coenraad Jacob (1838). Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: F.G. Levrault. Plate 114 with text (Livraison 19). The title page is dated 1838 but the 5 volumes were originally issued in 102 livraison (parts) between 1820 and 1839. For a discussion of the dates see: Dickinson, E.C. (2001). "Systematic notes on Asian birds. 9. The Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées of Temminck & Laugier (1820–1839)". Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 335: 7–53.
  3. ^ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 43.
  4. ^ a b Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 129.
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  7. ^ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 November 2020.