Tachyphonus
| Tachyphonus | |
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| female both t. rufus, Trinidad | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thraupidae |
| Genus: | Vieillot, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Tanagra rufa Boddaert, 1783 | |
| Species | |
| See list | |
Tachyphonus is a genus of birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.
The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the white-lined tanager as the type species.[1][2] The name combines the Ancient Greek words takhus "fast" and phōneō "to speak".[3]
Taxonomy
A molecular phylogenetic study of the tanager family published in 2014 indicated that the genus as defined here is polyphyletic and paraphyletic relative to Lanio and Rhodospingus.[4][5][6]
The genus includes 5 species:[4]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulvous-crested tanager
| Tachyphonus surinamus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Tawny-crested tanager
| Tachyphonus delatrii Lafresnaye, 1847 | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Ruby-crowned tanager
| Tachyphonus coronatus (Vieillot, 1822) | southern areas of Brazil and the Atlantic Forest. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| White-lined tanager
| Tachyphonus rufus (Boddaert, 1783) | Costa Rica south to northern Argentina, and on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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| Red-shouldered tanager
| Tachyphonus phoenicius Swainson, 1838 | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC
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References
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- ^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 33.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 288.
- ^ Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Tanagers and allies". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Burns, K.J.; Unitt, P.; Mason, N.A. (2016). "A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes)". Zootaxa. 4088 (3): 329–354. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2. PMID 27394344.