Heterospingus is a small genus of medium-sized birds in the tanager family Thraupidae that are found in the forests of Central and South America.
| Heterospingus | |
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| Scarlet-browed tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Heterospingus Ridgway, 1898 |
| Type species | |
| Tachyphonus rubrifrons Lawrence, 1865
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Taxonomy and species list
editThe genus Heterospingus was introduced in 1898 by the American ornithologist Robert Ridgway with the sulphur-rumped tanager as the type species.[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek heteros meaning "different" with spingos meaning "finch".[3]
The genus contains two species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Heterospingus rubrifrons | Sulphur-rumped tanager | Costa Rica and Panama. |
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Heterospingus xanthopygius | Scarlet-browed tanager | Panama, Colombia and Ecuador |
References
edit- ^ Ridgway, Robert (1898). "Descriptions of supposed new genera, species, and subspecies of American birds: I Fringillidae". The Auk. 15 (3): 223–230 [225]. doi:10.2307/4068377. JSTOR 4068377.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 287.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 191. 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 20 November 2020.
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