Hemithraupis is a small genus of passerine birds in the tanager family Thraupidae found in the forests of South America.

Hemithraupis
Rufous-headed tanager, Hemithraupis ruficapilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Hemithraupis
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Hylophilus ruficeps[1] = Nemosia ruficapilla
zu Wied, 1831
Species

3, see text

Taxonomy and species list edit

The genus Hemithraupis was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the rufous-headed tanager as the type species.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēmi meaning "half" or "small" with thraupis, an unknown small bird. In ornithology thraupis is used to denote a tanager.[4]

Genus HemithraupisCabanis, 1851 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Guira tanager

 
Male
 
Female

Hemithraupis guira
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Eight subspecies
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
 
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 LC 


Rufous-headed tanager

 
Male
 
Female

Hemithraupis ruficapilla
(Vieillot, 1818)
Brazil
 
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 LC 


Yellow-backed tanager

 
Male
 
Female

Hemithraupis flavicollis
(Vieillot, 1818)

Eleven subspecies
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname
 
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References edit

  1. ^ "Thraupidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ 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. 21.
  3. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 271.
  4. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.