Saltatricula is a genus of South American seed-eating birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

Saltatricula
Many-colored Chaco finch (Saltatricula multicolor)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Saltatricula
Burmeister, 1861
Type species
Saltatricula multicolor
Species

2, see text

Taxonomy and species list

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 209.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 346. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  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.
  5. ^ 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.