Genus of birds
Coryphospingus is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in South America . Coryphospingus was formerly classified in the family Emberizidae along with the buntings and American sparrows .
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Coryphospingus was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis .[ 2] The type species was designated as the red pileated finch by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855.[ 3] [ 4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek koruphē meaning "crown of the head" with spingos meaning "finch".[ 5] The genus contains two species.[ 6]
Image
Scientific name
Common Name
Distribution
Coryphospingus pileatus
Grey pileated finch
Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela
Coryphospingus cucullatus
Red pileated finch
southern Brazil and northern Argentina
References
^ "Thraupidae" . aviansystematics.org . The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16 .
^ Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 145.
^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum . London: British Museum. p. 73.
^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World . Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 210.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
^ Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies" . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 November 2020 .