Geospizopsis

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Geospizopsis
Plumbeous sierra finch (Geospizopsis unicolor)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Geospizopsis
Bonaparte, 1856
Type species
Geospizopsis typus[1] = Passerculus geospizopsis
Bonaparte, 1853
Species

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Geospizopsis is a

Thraupidae
that are commonly known as sierra finches.

Taxonomy and species list

The two species now placed in Geospizopsis were formerly placed in the

trinomial name Geospizopsis unicolor geospizopsis.[4] The genus name combines Geospiza, a genus introduced by John Gould in 1837, with the Ancient Greek opsis meaning "appearance".[6]

The two species in the genus are:[4]

Male Female Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Plumbeous sierra finch Geospizopsis unicolor Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Ash-breasted sierra finch Geospizopsis plebejus Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.

References

  1. ^ "Thraupidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. PMID 24583021
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  3. PMID 27394344
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  4. ^
    Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1856). "Notes sur les tableaux des Gallinacés". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 42: 953–957 [955].
  6. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
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