Pseudospingus is a genus of warbler-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae. They are found in highland forests in South America.
| Pseudospingus | |
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| Black-headed hemispingus (Pseudospingus verticalis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Pseudospingus Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Dacnis xanthophthalma Taczanowski, 1874
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| Species | |
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Taxonomy and species list edit
The two species now placed in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus Hemispingus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Hemispingus was polyphyletic and as part of the subsequent rearrangement, the genus Pseudospingus was resurrected for these two species.[1][2][3] The genus had been introduced by Hans von Berlepsch and Jean Stolzmann in 1896.[3][4] The type species was subsequently designated as the drab hemispingus.[5][6] The name Pseudospingus combines the Ancient Greek pseudos meaning "false" or "another" with spingos meaning "finch".[7]
Species edit
The two species in the genus are:[3]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Drab hemispingus | Pseudospingus xanthophthalmus | Bolivia and Peru. |
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Black-headed hemispingus | Pseudospingus verticalis | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
References edit
- ^ 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006. PMID 24583021.
- ^ Burns, K.J.; Unitt, P.; Mason, N.A. (2016). "A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes)". Zootaxa. 4088 (3): 329–354. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2. PMID 27394344.
- ^ a b c Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Tanagers and allies". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Berlepsch, Hans von; Stolzmann, Jean (1896). "On the ornithological researches of M. Jean Kalinowski in central Peru". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (in French): 322–388 [346].
- ^ Richmond, Charles Wallace (1902). "List of generic terms proposed for birds during the years 1890 to 1900, inclusive, to which are added names omitted by Waterhouse in his 'Index Generum Avium.'". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 24 (1267): 663–729 [710]. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.1267.663.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 263.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 321. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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