Schistochlamys
| Schistochlamys | |
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| Black-faced tanager (S. melanopis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Schistochlamys Reichenbach, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Tanagara capistrata Wied-Neuwied, 1821
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Schistochlamys is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
Taxonomy and species list
[edit]The genus Schistochlamys was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1][2] The type species is a subspecies of the cinnamon tanager with the trinomial Schistochlamys ruficapillus capistrata.[3][4][5] The genus name combines the Late Latin schistus meaning "slate" and the Ancient Greek khlamus meaning "mantle" or "cloak".[6]
The genus contains two species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Schistochlamys ruficapillus | Cinnamon tanager | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. |
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Schistochlamys melanopis | Black-faced tanager | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
References
[edit]- ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale (in German). Vol. Abt. 2 Bd. 1 [Plates]. Dresden and Leipzig: Friedrich Hofmeister. Plate LXXVII.
- ^ Commission of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (2002). "Opinion 2004 (Case 3167). Schistochlamys Reichenbach, 1850, and Neothraupis Hellmayr, 1936 (Aves, Passeriformes): conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 59 (2): 151–152.
- ^ Sclater, P.L. (1886). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Fringilliformes: Part 2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 11. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 301.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 247.
- ^ 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 1 November 2020.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 350. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
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