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Poospiza
Black-and-rufous warbling finch (Poospiza nigrorufa)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Poospiza
Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Emberiza nigrorufa
Species

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Poospiza is a genus of finch-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae that are found in both the South American lowlands and the Andes mountains. Generally they are arboreal feeders in light woodland and scrub. All have extensive grey to their plumage, and have—often bold—white or rufous markings.[1]

Taxonomy and species list

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The genus Poospiza was introduced in 1847 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis.[2] The name combines the Ancient Greek poa meaning "grass" and spiza meaning "finch".[3] The type species was designated as the black-and-rufous warbling finch by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855.[4][5]

A molecular phylogenetic study of the Tanager family published in 2014 found that Poospiza and many other genera were polyphyletic.[6] In the subsequent reorganization two species from Compsospiza and two species from Hemispingus were moved here. At the same time several species formerly assigned to Poospiza were moved to Microspingus, Poospizopsis and Castanozoster.[7][8]

The genus contains ten species:[8]

Image Common name Scientific name Distribution
Bolivian warbling finch Poospiza boliviana Argentina and Bolivia
Cinnamon warbling finch Poospiza ornata Argentina.
Black-and-rufous warbling finch Poospiza nigrorufa Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Black-and-chestnut warbling finch Poospiza whitii western Argentina and western Bolivia.
Collared warbling finch Poospiza hispaniolensis Ecuador and Peru.
Rufous-breasted warbling finch Poospiza rubecula Peru.
Tucumán mountain finch Poospiza baeri western Argentina
Cochabamba mountain finch Poospiza garleppi Bolivia.
Slaty-backed hemispingus Poospiza goeringi Venezuela.
Rufous-browed hemispingus Poospiza rufosuperciliaris Peru.

References

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Sources

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  • Ridgely, R. S., & G. Tudor. 1989. The Birds of South America, vol. 1. Univ. Texas Press, Austin.


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