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.
| Coryphospingus | |
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| Red pileated finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Coryphospingus Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla cristata[1] = Fringilla cucullata Gmelin, 1789
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| Species | |
Taxonomy and species list
editThe 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 |
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Coryphospingus pileatus | Grey pileated finch | Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela |
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Coryphospingus cucullatus | Red pileated finch | southern Brazil and northern Argentina |
References
edit- ^ "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.
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