Genus of birds
Saltatricula is a genus of South American seed-eating birds in the tanager family Thraupidae .
Taxonomy and species list
The genus Saltatricula was introduced in 1861 by the German naturalist Hermann Burmeister with the many-colored Chaco finch as the type species .[ 1] [ 2] The name is a Latin diminutive of the genus Saltator that had been introduced by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816.[ 3]
The black-throated saltator was formerly included in the genus Saltator . It was moved Saltatricula based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 that found that the black-throated saltator was genetically distinct from the other members of the genus Saltator but was instead closely related to the many-colored Chaco finch .[ 4] [ 5]
The genus contains two species.[ 5]
Genus Saltatricula – Burmeister , 1861 – two species
Common name
Scientific name and subspecies
Range
Size and ecology
IUCN status and estimated population
Many-colored Chaco finch
Saltatricula multicolor (Burmeister, 1860)
Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay.
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Black-throated saltator
Saltatricula atricollis (Vieillot, 1817)
Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.
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References
^ Burmeister, Hermann (1861). Reise durch die La Plata-Staaten: mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die physische Beschaffenheit und den Culturzustand der Argentinischen Republik : Ausgeführt in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860 (in German). Vol. 2. Halle, Germany: H. W. Schmidt. p. 481.
^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World . Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 209.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p. 346. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
^ Burns, K.J.; Shultz, A.J.; Title, P.O.; Mason, N.A.; Barker, F.K.; Klicka, J.; Lanyon, S.M.; Lovette, I.J. (2014). "Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 75 : 41–77. Bibcode :2014MolPE..75...41B . doi :10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006 . PMID 24583021 .
^ a b Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies" . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 November 2020 .