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Poospiza
''Poospiza'' is a genus of finch-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae that are found in both the South American lowlands and the Andes mountains. Generally they are arboreal feeders in light woodland and scrub. All have extensive grey to their plumage, and have—often bold—white or rufous markings. Taxonomy and species list The genus ''Poospiza'' was introduced in 1847 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''poa'' meaning "grass" and ''spiza'' meaning "finch". The type species was designated as the black-and-rufous warbling finch by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855. A molecular phylogenetic study of the Tanager family published in 2014 found that ''Poospiza'' and many other genera were polyphyletic. In the subsequent reorganization two species from ''Compsospiza'' and two species from ''Hemispingus'' were moved here. At the same time several species formerly assigned to ''Poospiza'' were moved to ''Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poospiza Hispaniolensis - Collared Warbling-Finch - Male (cropped)
''Poospiza'' is a genus of finch-like birds in the tanager family Thraupidae that are found in both the South American lowlands and the Andes mountains. Generally they are arboreal feeders in light woodland and scrubland, scrub. All have extensive grey to their plumage, and have—often bold—white or rufous markings. Taxonomy and species list The genus ''Poospiza'' was introduced in 1847 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. The name combines the Ancient Greek ''poa'' meaning "grass" and ''spiza'' meaning "finch". The type species was designated as the black-and-rufous warbling finch by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1855. A molecular phylogenetic study of the Tanager family published in 2014 found that ''Poospiza'' and many other genera were polyphyletic. In the subsequent reorganization two species from ''Compsospiza'' and two species from ''Hemispingus'' were moved here. At the same time several species formerly assigned to ''Poospiza'' were moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
