Emberizoides

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Emberizoides
File:Emberizoides ypiranganus -Argentina-6.jpg
Lesser grass finch (Emberizoides ypiranganus)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thraupidae
Genus: Emberizoides
Temminck, 1822
Type species
Emberizoides marginalis[1] = Sylvia herbicola
Temminck, 1822
Species

Emberizoides is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in grassy areas in Central and South America.

Taxonomy and species list

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The genus Emberizoides was introduced in 1822 by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.[2] The type species was later designated as the wedge-tailed grass finch by George Robert Gray.[3][4] The genus name combines the bunting genus Emberiza introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 with the Ancient Greek -oidēs meaning "resembling".[5] This genus was traditionally placed with the buntings and New World sparrows in the subfamily Emberizinae within an expanded family Emberizidae.[4] A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Emberizoides was embedded in the tanager family Thraupidae. Within this family, the genus is now placed with Embernagra and Coryphaspiza in the subfamily Emberizoidinae.[6][7]

The genus contains three species:[7]

Image Common name Scientific name Distribution
File:Emberizoides herbicola -Piraju, Brasil -nature reserve-8a.jpg Wedge-tailed grass finch Emberizoides herbicola Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela
Duida grass finch Emberizoides duidae Venezuela
File:Emberizoides ypiranganus -Argentina-6.jpg Lesser grass finch Emberizoides ypiranganus Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay

References

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